Hevey v. Vieira

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence. At the conclusion of the evidence in the superior court the trial justice granted the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict and denied a like motion by the plaintiff. The case is here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to such rulings.

The cause of action arose out of a collision of plaintiff’s motorcycle with defendant’s automobile at the intersection of Waterman avenue and John street in the town of East Providence. Waterman avenue is a main thoroughfare running generally east and west. It is crossed by John street *61which runs generally…