Gunn v. Hertz Corp.

This cause is before us on the defendants’ appeal from a decision of the trial justice granting the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

On April 6, 1966, at around 12 p.m. plaintiff was involved in an accident while driving south in the fourth or most easterly travel lane on Route 95 in Providence. It is undisputed that plaintiff’s car was struck in the rear by a motor vehicle operated by defendant Taglienti and owned by de*510fendant, Hertz Corporation. The plaintiff’s testimony is that she was traveling 40 to 45 miles per hour; that a truck in the third travel lane, the one to her immediate…