Ricci v. New England Transportation Co.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger in an automobile which, on January 28, 1942, was in collision in the town of North Attleboro, in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, with a bus owned and operated by the defendant. A jury in the superior court returned a verdict for the defendant. Thereafter plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the usual grounds and on the further ground that the jury was misled because of inadequate instructions was heard and denied. The case is before us on plaintiff’s…