Murphy v. Bocchio

At the request of the defendants in each of the above cases we have issued writs of certiorari to review the vacating of certain judgments that were entered against the plaintiffs in the Superior Court during April 1972. We have consolidated the writs for hearing purposes.

The record indicates that the litigants were involved in á series of rear end motor vehicle collisions that occurred in Warwick on May 4, 1969. The plaintiffs are Margaret Murphy, her husband Cornelius, and her sister, Anna Broadbent. The trio were riding in an automobile which was owned by the husband but which was being…