McGonagle v. Souliere

This is a wrongful death action brought .pursuant to G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) I10-7-3. 1 The plaintiffs are the widow and four surviving children of ■Charles N. McGonagle, who died on May 3, 1969, in a motor vehicle accident on Mendon Road in Cumberland, Rhode Island, wherein the decedent was the operator of an automobile which was involved in a head-on collision with defendant-operator’s Mack truck. Trial was held before a Superior Court justice and jury beginning on February 12, 1973. After four days of trial, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiffs thereupon…