Rickey v. Boden

421 A.2d 539 (1980)

Lillian L. RICKEY et al.

v.

Herbert BODEN, Jr., et al.

No. 78-66-Appeal.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

October 16, 1980.

Gunning, LaFazia & Gnys, Inc., Guy J. Wells, Providence, for plaintiffs.

Hanson, Curran & Parks, A. Lauriston Parks, Dennis J. McCarten, Providence, for defendants.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is a civil action in which the plaintiffs, Lillian L. Rickey (Lillian) and Everett A. Rickey (Everett), appeal from the direction of verdicts for two of the defendants, Herbert Boden, Jr. (Boden), and Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company (the trust company) on the…