Cutroneo v. F. W. Woolworth Co.

This is a negligence action wherein the plaintiff seeks damages for injuries she sustained when she fell in the defendant’s store. A jury trial was held in the Superior Court. The trial justice reserved decision on,the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. The jury awarded. the plaintiff the sum of $1741.50. Thereafter, the trial justice directed the "verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.

An examination of the "record discloses that no written order or judgment embodying the grant of the directed verdict has been entered pursuant to the ruling first announced in East…