Debernard v. Reed

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from the Superior Court’s denial of a new trial after the jury returned a verdict for the defendants on the issue of damages.

The accident, out of which this action arose, occurred when plaintiffs’ car was waiting for a red light and was struck from behind by a truck owned by one of the defendants and operated by its employee. The impact was slight and no damage resulted to either vehicle. At the close of the evidence a directed verdict was entered for the plaintiffs on the issue of liability, and the case was submitted to the jury on the issue of…