Kennedy v. Tempest

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court following a jury trial. The plaintiff, Mary Kennedy, appeals from the order of the trial justice granting the motion of the defendant, Michael E. Tempest to reduce the loss-of-consortium award and denying the plaintiff’s motion to amend the judgment to increase the award to the statutory minimum. The defendant appeals from the orders of the trial justice denying his motion for directed verdict and motion for new trial. We reverse. The facts insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as…