Andrews v. Masse

This civil action was brought in the Superior Court to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained by the .plaintiff at about 4 a.m. on July 4, 1968, when the taxicab he was driving on Pine Street in Providence was struck by a vehicle owned and operated, respectively, by the corporate and individual defendants. The case was tried to a jury in May 1974 and resulted in verdicts for the plaintiff of $65,000. It is now here on the defendants’ appeal.

The defendants do not contest their liability, but assign errors that may, if their contentions are correct, entitle them to a new trial on the…