D'Agostino v. Yellow Cab Co.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence to recover damages resulting from a collision between a motor vehicle operated by the plaintiff and one owned by the defendant. The action was commenced prior to the effective date of the new superior court rules of civil procedure but was tried to a jury in that court subsequent to the effective date of said rules. At the conclusion of *169the plaintiff’s case the defendant moved for the direction of a verdict under rule 50(a) or that the case be dismissed without prejudice. The trial justice granted the defendant’s motion for a directed…