Corrente v. Conforti & Eisele Co., Inc.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

In the late 1960s Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank decided to add yet another landmark to the Providence skyline by constructing a twenty-eight-story office building. The proposed edifice was to be named, not surprisingly, the Hospital Trust Tower.

The three litigants who are involved in this controversy were involved with the construction of this building. Conforti & Eisele, Co., Inc., Rhode Island (Conforti) was the general contractor; Pavarini Construction Co., Inc. (Pavarini) was the concrete subcontractor; and Frank Corrente (Corrente) was a laborer who…