Appeals Court Holds that Unit Owner Does Not Have Express Easement or Easement by Necessity to Gain Access To Fire Escape

Last week, the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a decision in Chamberlain v. Badaoui, 2019 WL 3334700 (“Chamberlain”) reversing the lower court’s judgments, holding that a condominium master deed does not contain an express easement permitting a unit owner to gain access to a fire escape through another owner’s unit, nor did the unit owner have an easement by necessity through the other owner’s unit to accommodate such access.    Read the article…………………………

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