CONNORS v. GASBARRO

No. 79-484-Appeal.

448 A.2d 756 (1982)

Timothy CONNORS et al. v. William P. GASBARRO.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. McLaughlin, Providence, For Plaintiffs.

Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney, Kenneth P. Borden, Stephen B. Lang, Robert Quigley, Providence, For Defendant.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is a Superior Court negligence action in which the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Thereafter, the trial justice granted the plaintiffs' motion for a new trial, and the defendant is before us on an appeal in which he claims that the trial justice misconceived material evidence in considering the new-trial motion and thereby committed prejudicial error. We find merit in this claim.

The defendant, William...

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