Lally v. Automobile Mutual Insurance Co. of America

The plaintiff, the named insured under an automobile liability policy issued by defendant, sues under the policy’s medical payments1 and uninsured motorists2 provisions to recover for damages suffered when she was struck ,by an uninsured vehicle as she was walking on the sidewalk on Norwood Avenue in the city of Cranston on May 14, 1971. The case was tried before a judge and jury in the Superior Court, and at the close of the plaintiff’s case the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was granted. The plaintiff appealed.

The medical payments and uninsured motorists provisions of the policy…