Legal Opinion
Sroka v. Halliday
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 23, 1916PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Trespass on the Case for negligence.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhurst, J.
These two actions were tried together before a justice of the Superior Court, sitting with a jury. They are actions of trespass on the case for negligence-brought against the members of a committee on the celebration of the Fourth of July held in the city of Pawtucketin the year 1912. The first action is brought by a minor for personal injuries by his next friend, his father: the second action is brought by the father for the loss of services-of said minor child.
It appears that the plaintiff, John Sroka, at the time of the-injury, was a child of about seven years of age and lived with his…
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