Flanagan v. Conley

This is a civil action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered in an accident in which an automobile operated by the defendant struck a truck in which the plaintiff was sitting. The case was heard before a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury and resulted in a verdict for the defendant. After the trial justice denied the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, he filed an appeal to this court.

*312The pertinent facts follow. The plaintiff was employed by the city of Warwick as a driver of a rubbish collection truck. On August 15, 1967, a truck driven by him was stopped in the…