Fielding v. Kaplan

These actions of trespass on the case for negligence were tried together to a jury in the superior court and resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff Howard K. Fielding for $695, and in a verdict for the plaintiff Roger Blanchette for $170. Nevertheless, principally on the ground that the damages were inadequate, each plaintiff moved for a new trial, which was denied by the trial justice. Each plaintiff duly excepted to such denial and has prosecuted a bill of exceptions to this court.

These cases arose out of a collision between a motor truck driven by Fielding, in which Blanchette was…