Legal Opinion
Hayhurst v. LaFlamme
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 17, 1982No. 79-428-AppealPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
The plaintiff Daniel Hayhurst brought suit in Superior Court for damages resulting from a 1974 motor-vehicle accident in which the motorcycle he was riding collided with the automobile driven by the defendant Ronald LaFlamme. At the time of the accident, Daniel and Ronald were aged twenty and seventeen, respectively. George LaFlamme, Ronald’s father, was also named as a defendant by virtue of his ownership of the vehicle driven by his son. A jury determined that Daniel had been 60 percent negligent in causing the accident. The jury returned a verdict awarding Daniel…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Ruggieri v. BeauregardSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
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