Faber v. Meiler

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence and for medical expenses and loss of services incident thereto, plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of defendant, entered upon the dismissal of the complaint, on motion by defendant, at the conclusion of plaintiffs’ attorney’s opening statement to the jury. Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to appellants to abide the event. If we assume, without so deciding, that plaintiff Augusta Faber was, as the learned Trial Justice concluded, merely a social…