Allen v. State

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

In 1972, the plaintiff instituted a wrongful-death action on behalf of himself and his minor child against the State of Rhode Island. At trial upon conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, a Superior Court justice granted the state’s motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered, challenging the propriety of the directed verdict and of the exclusion of certain expert testimony.

The evidence indicates that at approximately 1 a. m. on February 12, 1971, plaintiff’s wife, Linda Allen, accompanied by two friends, was driving northerly in her…