Botelho v. Caster's Inc.

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON for the Court.

This is an appeal arising from a civil suit sounding in negligence that was tried to a jury in the Superior Court for Kent County. After a full trial, instruction by the trial justice, and deliberations, the jury returned a verdict of no negligence on the part of the defendant, Caster’s Inc. Michael Botelho (plaintiff) appeals from the Superior Court’s denial of (1) his motion for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of his alleged comparative negligence and (2) his motion for a new trial. Mr. Botelho further contends that the trial justice committed…