Mead v. Papa Razzi Restaurant

840 A.2d 1103 (2004)

Virginia MEAD et al.

v.

PAPA RAZZI RESTAURANT et al.

No. 2002-648-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 9, 2004.

Mark P. Dolan, Providence, for Plaintiffs.

Jeffrey H. Garabedian, Providence, for Defendants.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLANDERS, GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, and SUTTELL, JJ.

OPINION

Because we believe that the trial justice erred in granting the defendants' motion for judgment as a matter of law in this slip-and-fall case, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand this matter for a new trial.

On September 13, 1997, plaintiffs, Virginia and Richard Mead,…