Lapierre v. Greenwood

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence arising out of a fall by the plaintiff upon a stairway in the defendant’s store in Pawtucket. The case was tried in the superior court before a justice thereof sitting with a jury, which returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $15,000. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial which was denied. His exceptions to the denial of his motions for a directed verdict and for a new trial, to certain adverse rulings on evidence, and to the refusals of the trial justice to charge as requested make up his bill of exceptions.

The plaintiff, who…