Sneddon v. Costa

This case is before us on the plaintiffs’ appeal from the denial of their motion for a new trial follow*625ing a jury verdict for the defendants. The sole issue before us is the correctness of the ruling made by the trial justice.

The pertinent facts in this case are as follows. At trial, it was stipulated that on November 24, 1970, defendant Mary E. Costa operated a 1968 gold Ford Country Squire station wagon. At about 9 p.m. on that date she was returning to her home in Bristol via the Wampanoag Trial. She testified that at one point she drove her car into a semicircular turnabout lane which…