Decker v. Berkshire Gas Co.

We are here concerned with the defendants’ exceptions to the judge’s dismissal of their bill of exceptions (first trial), refusal to direct verdicts for the defendants (second trial), and instructions to the jury (second trial).

The plaintiffs brought an action of tort arising out of a motor vehicle accident against the Beikshire Gas Company and its employee, Albert J. Tessier. On June 1, 1967, jury verdicts were returned for the plaintiffs. Thereafter, the plaintiffs filed a motion for a new trial. The motion was allowed on September 6, 1967. On September 7, 1967, *79the defendants filed an…