Harmon v. Costanza

These are actions in trespass on the case brought respectively by a husband and wife to recover damages resulting from injuries to the wife allegedly caused by the negligent operation of defendant’s automobile. In the superior court the trial justice granted the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict in each case; and they are before us on the plaintiffs’ exceptions to that and other rulings of the court. Since recovery in the husband’s case depends on a verdict for the wife in her action, we shall consider the matter as if only her case were before us.

The plaintiff now relies solely on…