Redding v. Picard Motor Sales, Inc.

These are two civil actions brought under the wrongful death statute, G. L. 1956, chap. 7 of title 10, by the administrator of the estate of Richard W. Red-ding, hereinafter referred to as Redding. One action was brought against Picard Motor Sales, Inc., the registered owner of an automobile in which it is alleged that Redding was a passenger at the time of his death. The other was brought against Edmund Tucker, alleged to have been the operator of the motor vehicle in which Redding was a passenger. The cases were tried together to a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury, and in…