Legal Opinion
Burns v. Janes
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 6, 1979No. 77-71-AppealPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBevilacqua, C.J.
This is a civil action for personal injuries and pain and suffering brought by Charles J. Burns (plaintiff) against William, Edna and Patricia Janes (defendants). The plaintiff brought an action in the Superior Court to recover for damages sustained when he was attacked and bitten by the defendants’ one-year-old English bulldog. Subsequent to a jury verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $4,713.67, the defendants made a motion for a new trial. The defendants’ motion was denied and this appeal followed.
It is uncontroverted that on September 11, 1972, plaintiff, a meter reader for the…
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