Iadevaia v. AETNA BRIDGE COMPANY

This is a negligence action in which the defendant, Aetna Bridge Company (Aetna), is before us on its appeal from a $60,000 judgment entered after a Superior court jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Anthony Iadevaia (Anthony). In his complaint Anthony alleged that he had received permanent disabling injuries because Aetna had attached defective equipment to a backhoe which was owned by Anthony’s employer, Amco Trenching, Inc. (Amco). In its appeal Aetna claims that the trial justice erred in denying its motion for a directed verdict and its motion for a new trial.

Since the…