Simmons v. UNITED TRANSIT COMPANY

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff while a passenger in a bus owned and operated by the defendant. The case was tried to a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $13,000. The defendant is in this court prosecuting an exception to the decision of the trial justice denying its motion for a new trial on the ground that' the verdict is grossly excessive.

In passing upon a motion for a new trial on the issue of…