Lyons v. Rhode Island Public Employees Council 94

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

In this Superior Court action for libel the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. Subsequent to the verdict, the trial justice denied defendants’ motion for a directed verdict which was made at the conclusion of the presentation of all the evidence. The decision had been deferred pending the return of the jury’s verdict. A second trial justice heard and denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. 1 The plaintiffs now appeal from the various rulings made during the trial and from the denial of their motion for a new trial. The defendants cross-appeal from the…