Jones v. Pina

These are two actions of trespass on the case for negligence which were consolidated for trial before a superior court justice sitting with a jury and resulted in verdicts of $15,000 for the plaintiff in each case. They are before this court on the plaintiff’s bills of exceptions to the granting by the superior court justice of each defendant’s motion for a new trial.

On May 8, 1962, plaintiff sustained severe personal injuries when the motor vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by a motor vehicle operated by defendant Katherine Pina, owned by her husband, Peter Pina, and…