Bateman Ex Rel. Rodrigues v. Mello

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal by the plaintiff from a Superior Court decision granting the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff, Elaine Bateman, as mother and next friend of Anthony Rodrigues (Anthony), claims that the trial justice erred (1) by excluding the testimony of the plaintiff’s safety engineer regarding whether the condition in question constituted an attractive nuisance and (2) by granting the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff’s case. For the reasons stated herein, we deny the plaintiff’s…