Muldowney v. Weatherking Products, Inc.

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This matter is before this court on appeals by Pac-Fab, Inc. (Pac-Fab), and A.J. Industries, Inc. (A.J.). Pac-Fab appeals from a Superior Court denial of its motion for a new trial on its third-party complaint against A.J. The third-party defendant, A.J., appeals from the trial justice’s denial of its motion for a directed verdict. We affirm.

The facts pertinent to disposition of the instant appeal are as follows. In August 1976 George E. Muldowney was fatally injured in a residential swimming-pool diving accident. Thereafter, Mr. Muldowney’s heirs and the administratrix…