D'Arezzo v. Bowden

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

In this Superior Court negligence action, the plaintiff is before us on appeal from the grant by the trial justice of the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict and the grant of the defendants’ conditional motion for a new trial. The trial justice took these actions while acting pursuant to Rule 50(b) and (c) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure. He had reserved decision on the directed-verdict motion at the conclusion of the presentation of all the evidence and submitted the dispute to a jury. The jury subsequently awarded the plaintiff damages in the…