Mariorenzi v. Joseph DiPonte, Inc.

*295Kelleher, J.

These two wrongful death actions were consolidated for a jury trial in the Superior Court. At the conclusion of all the testimony the trial justice granted the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict. Since the single issue before us is the correctness of the directed verdict, our narrative must be based on a view of the evidence which is most favorable to the plaintiff. Wilkinson v. Vesey, 110 R. I. 606, 295 A.2d 676 (1972). The relevant incident occurred in the spring of 1961.

In April 1961, plaintiff, his wife, and two children lived in the Town of Johnston on Golini Drive.…