Healey v. New England Newspapers, Inc.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on the defendant’s appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff after a jury trial in the Superior Court. We affirm.

This case was originally tried before a jury in Providence County Superior Court in 1984. At the close of the evidence the trial justice granted defendant’s motion for directed verdict. This court sustained plaintiff’s appeal, vacated the judgment, and remanded the case to the Superior Court for a new trial. Healey v. New England Newspapers, Inc., 520 A.2d 147 (R.I.1987) (Healey I). At the conclusion of that trial, which…