Hareld v. Napolitano

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

In this matter the plaintiff appeals from the granting of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict in the Superior Court. This law suit arose out of a slip and fall resulting in injuries to the plaintiff, Barbara Hareld, caused by an accumulation of snow and ice on a city-owned sidewalk in the city of Providence. We affirm.

General Laws 1956 (1989 Reenactment) § 24-5-14 requires that the cities and towns provide for ice and snow removal from public highways and sidewalks. The statute also provides that nothing in that section shall be construed to make the…