English v. Green

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

The defendants, Kenneth D. Green (Green), Paul Green and Rocchio & Sons, Inc. (Rocchio) (collectively referred to as defendants) appeal the grant of a new trial in favor of plaintiffs Thomas A. English (English) and Bruno Formato (Formato) (collectively referred to as plaintiffs) after a jury failed to assign any degree of negligence to Green for his contribution to an automobile accident. The trial justice determined that the jury’s apportionment of negligence was against the fair weight of the evidence, failed to do substantial justice to the parties, and that…