Lariviere v. Dayton Safety Ladder Co.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This case comes before us following a Superior Court jury trial in which verdicts were entered for the plaintiff. The defendant Dayton Safety Ladder Company (defendant) moved for a directed verdict and for a new trial. The defendant also moved that portions of plaintiff’s closing argument be stricken from the record. The defendant appeals from the trial justice’s denial of all three motions. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On January 3, 1980, Edward Lariviere (plaintiff) filed a complaint which alleged that on January 3, 1978, he was using a wooden stepladder in his…