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PIERCE v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.

Ex. Nos. 9770, 9771.

134 A.2d 421 (1957)

Louis PIERCE v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Theresa PIERCE v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 13, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McBurney, Pawtucket, Thomas E. F. Carroll, Cranston, for plaintiffs.

Swan, Keeney & Smith, John B. Dillon, Providence, for defendant.

ANDREWS, Justice.

These are actions of trespass on the case for negligence for the recovery of damages by the plaintiff Theresa Pierce for her physical injuries and by the plaintiff Louis Pierce, her husband, for his consequential damages. The cases were tried together in the superior court before a justice thereof sitting with a jury which returned a verdict for the wife in the sum of $15,000 and for the husband in the sum of $10,000.

The defendant did not...

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