Romano v. Caldarone

These two actions of trespass on the case for negligence were brought by a wife and her husband respectively to recover for injuries suffered by her when she was struck by defendant’s automobile while walking across North Main street in the city of Providence at about 2 p.m. on April 2., 1945. The cases were tried together in the superior court before a jury and resulted in verdicts of $5,000 for the wife and $615.50 for the husband.

The defendant duly filed a motion for a new trial in each case. In the wife’s case a new trial was granted unless she filed a remittitur of all of the verdict in…