Fargnoli v. Cecil

These are two civil actions brought pursuant to the provisions of G. L. 1956, §4-13-16, to recover for personal injuries and for medical expenses incurred as a result of an attack by a dog upon the plaintiff Barbara Fargnoli, minor child of the plaintiff Joseph Fargnoli. The actions were tried to a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury. At the conclusion of the introduction of evidence and while the plaintiffs’ counsel was arguing to the jury, the defendants’ counsel objected to certain comment made in the course thereof. The trial justice immediately gave the jury a cautionary…