Lacroix v. Frechette

This is an action on the case for negligence to recover damages for the accidental death of one Alfred LaCroix while in the defendant’s employ.

The allegations of negligence are: in the first count that defendant furnished a defective staging or equipment, in the second that he employed incompetent fellow workmen.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial justice denied plaintiff’s motion to add another count to the declaration and directed a verdict for the defendant. The case is here on plaintiff’s bill of exceptions; the exceptions pressed are to the above rulings.

There was no evidence to…