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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

§ 34-18-26

Citation
§ 34-18-26
Parent Document
Errico v. LaMountain, 713 A.2d 791 (1998)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
1998-06-19

Full Text

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. Given this evidence, a reasonable jury could easily have agreed with the trial justice's assessment that "[a] reasonable inspection would have uncovered the condition of the wood. A good shake, as the defendant demonstrated, was woefully inadequate for a second floor porch even in outwardly good condition which this rail was not. * * * The test administered by the defendant wasn’t sufficient for a rail in great condition. * * * [A] reasonable inspection would have uncovered the condition of the rail * * * [which] was a danger, as I said, prior to the time the plaintiff rented the apartment and then moved into the apartment.”