Burt v. New England Pest Control Co.

ORDER

This matter came before the Supreme Court on May 12,1994, pursuant to an order directing all the parties to appear in order to show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. The plaintiffs, Roland Burt, Jr. (Mr. Burt) and Irene Burt appeal from a Superior Court judgment on a trial justice’s grant of the defendants’ motions for directed verdicts.

At trial Mr. Burt testified that at about 6:45 a.m. on September 22, 1986, he was involved in a motor-vehicle collision while operating a bright yellow street sweeper on Interstate 195. He was driving the sweeper *309a…