Colvin v. Goldenberg

This suit was commenced in July 1964 as an action for trespass on the case for negligence. It was tried in October' 1968 before a justice of the Superior Court sitting without a jury as a civil action under the court’s new rules of civil procedure. The trial justice found for the plaintiff and awarded him $1,386.60. Thereafter, the defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied and he instituted this appeal.

The suit was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff in an automobile accident which occurred on December 24, 1962 at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Broad Street near…