Rogers v. Pub. Serv. Co. of NH

The sole question presented to us by this appeal is whether the Trial Court (Bean, J.) erred in its refusal to set aside a jury verdict for the defendant as being against the weight of the evidence. We affirm.

On November 9, 1975, the plaintiff, fourteen-year-old Matthew Rogers, resided with his parents on Fore Road, which is located in a comfortable residential area in Eliot, Maine. The front lawn of the Rogers’ home sloped down from the house to the edge of the road, where there stood a large maple tree. To safeguard his children from the road traffic, Mr. Rogers, the father, had constructed…