Ciarlelli v. Romeo

Opinion

SPEAR, J.

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment rendered following the trial court’s granting of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. She claims that the trial court improperly (1) precluded her expert witness from testifying as to the reasonableness of the defendant’s operation of a boat and the reasonableness of the defendant’s failure to warn her of a dangerous condition, and (2) directed a verdict in favor of the defendant on the plaintiff’s failure to warn claim contained in paragraph 7 (d)1 of her complaint.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The…