Cochran v. Dube

This is a civil action for negligence to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs as a result of a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Newport and Beverage Hill Avenues in the city of Pawtucket. The case was tried to a jury in the Superior Court and resulted in verdicts awarding damages to each of the plaintiffs. The defendants’ subsequent motion for a new trial was denied, and they now prosecute an appeal to this court.

It appears from the record that plaintiff Mary Cochran was operating her motor vehicle north on Newport Avenue. In her car as…