Aldcroft v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.

This is a civil action brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of a collision between two motor vehicles. The case was tried to a jury in the Superior Court, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff in the amount of $5,000 plus interest and costs, and judgment entered therefor. Subsequently the defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied, and it is now in this court prosecuting an appeal from the judgment.

At the time of the collision plaintiff Ralph Aldcroft, a member of the Pawtucket police department, was a passenger in a police cruiser responding…