Lawler v. General Electric Co.

By this action of tort for negligence, the plaintiff seeks to recover damages as the result of an injury incurred while working on the defendant’s premises. The case was tried in the Superior Court before a judge and a jury. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs case, the defendant filed a motion for a directed verdict which was allowed.' The plaintiff is here on his exception to the allowance of the defendant’s motion.

The evidence in its aspect most favorable to the plaintiff is as follows. The defendant is the owner of a manufacturing building which was being converted into a two-floor office…