Carrara v. Noonan

Moss, J;

This is an action of the case to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff because of her right leg being-broken in a fall which she had when she was rollerskating in a rink operated by the two defendants and which she alleges in her declaration was caused by their negligence in permitting the floor of the rink to be rough and littered with foreign substances and debris that .made it dangerous for rollerskating.

At the trial the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. In due time the plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against the evidence…