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BRIMBAU v. AUSDALE EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORP.

No. 76-276-Appeal.

389 A.2d 1254 (1978)

Augustine BRIMBAU v. AUSDALE EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORP.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gunning, LaFazia & Gnys, Inc., Raymond A. LaFazia, Joseph A. Kelly, Providence, for plaintiff.

Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Kenneth P. Borden, Providence, for defendant.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is a petition for reargument. The plaintiff in a civil action tried before a jury in the Superior Court recovered $629,935 for injuries he suffered when a cable which supported a boom and bucket on a backhoe snapped causing the boom and bucket to fall on him. The defendant appealed from that judgment claiming that the trial justice had incorrectly instructed the jury that Rocco Marzano, who operated the backhoe at...

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