Sclama v. Malo

These four civil actions for negligence were consolidated for trial before a superior court justice sitting with a jury which returned verdicts for the defendants in all cases. After the entry of judgments in accordance with *531the verdicts, only the plaintiff Pazienza seasonably filed motions for new trials on the usual grounds. They were granted by the trial justice who found that the verdicts failed to do substantial justice between the parties. From his order granting new trials in those cases, the defendants seasonably appealed to this court.

Shortly after midnight on the morning of November…