Bouley v. Gibney

This is a civil action to recover damages by the plaintiff, Roger Bouley, as the result of an eye injury sustained while he was assisting the defendant, George Gibney, Jr., in the renovation of the latter’s home. The complaint alleged, in substance, that Bouley’s injury was caused by a ''steel chip” from a hammer supplied by Gibney, which he knew, or in the exercise of due care should have known, was defective. The case was tried to a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury, which returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff’s subsequent motion for a new trial was denied, and…