Legal Opinion
Votolato v. Merandi
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 17, 2000No. 98-197-AppealPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
In this appeal we review the granting of a motion for new trial by a trial justice because of an alleged error of law committed by him during trial.
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Case Facts and Travel
The plaintiff, Mary Ann Votolato (Voto-lato) individually, and as the administratrix of the estate of her daughter, Cherie M. Tavares (Tavares), had sued the City of Providence (the city), and one of its police officers, William Merandi (Merandi), for negligence and resulting damages arising from an automobile collision involving a vehicle in which Tavares, aged sixteen, was a passenger, and a police…
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