Corcione v. Ruggieri

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a result of a fall in an alleged hole or depression on premises occupied by her daughter as a tenant of the defendants. The case was tried before a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury. At the conclusion of all the evidence the defendants moved for a directed verdict. The case is before us on the plaintiff’s single exception to the granting of such motion by the trial justice.

The declaration consists of two counts which are similar in all respects except…