Nardolillo v. Ward Foods, Inc.

This negligence action involves a oollison between a 1968 Chevrolet Sedan and a 1961 GMC Truck. A Superior Court jury returned a verdict for the defendant truck owner. The plaintiffs filed no motion for a new trial. Their appeal is limited to the trial justice’s reference, when giving his charge, to certain statutes which are the automotive rules of the road.

On the rainy morning (7:45 a.m.) of June 28, 1968, Raymond Nardolillo was driving -his father’s automobile in an easterly direction on Ledge Street in the city of Providence. His father was a front seat passenger. The defendant’s driver…