Taglione v. Tourtellot & Co.

This action of trespass on the case for negligence was heard before a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,200. The cause is before us on the defendant’s exception to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict and also on the plaintiff’s exception to the granting of the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

We note at the outset that the question of defendant’s negligence is not disputed. The trial justice, in passing on defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, expressly stated that there was clearly evidence on…