Perry v. New England Transportation Co.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence. A jury in the superior court returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $6500. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was against the law and the evidence and that the damages were excessive. The trial justice denied the motion on the condition that plaintiff remit all damages in excess of $5000. The plaintiff filed such remittitur and the defendant thereupon excepted to the denial of its motion. The case is here on-that exception and eleven other exceptions to rulings of the trial justice…