Raposa v. TURGEON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

This civil action for negligence is before us on the plaintiff’s appeal- from the entry of judgment following the jury’s verdict.for the defendant and from the trial justice’s ruling denying the plaintiff’s subsequent motion for a new trial.

The evidence establishes that plaintiff, a boilermaker, was an employee of the Hartwell Company, subcontractor of defendant which was general contractor on a construction project in Providence. It also establishes that on March 18, 1964, plaintiff was sent by the hiring hall to the construction site where he was shown the “change shack” in which employees…