National India Rubber Co. v. Kilroe

This cause is before this court on a certification from the Superior Court (G. L. 1923, C. 348, s. 5) for the determination of the following question: If the petitioner was guilty of serious misconduct amounting to gross negligence, by allowing a dangerous condition to exist at its plant of which it knew or should have known and which caused the death of the husband of the respondent, may the respondent maintain an action at law for damages for such death under the provisions of Section 14,’ Chapter 333, G. L. 1923, and all acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, in lieu of…