Calderone v. Wright

This is an action of tort brought by the wife of the decedent as administratrix of his estate, following a motor vehicle accident which resulted in the death of her husband. The sole issue is the correctness of the trial judge’s allowance of the defendants’ motion for directed verdicts. “The question presented by the motion was not the weight of the evidence but whether there was any evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff that would support her cause of action.” Howes v. Kelman, 326 Mass. 696, 697.

We recite the facts which the jury could find on the evidence. On February…