Judgment and order unanimously reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to the appellant to abide the event.
Memorandum:
Plaintiff claims that defendant was negligent in starting its bus while plaintiff was in the act of alighting. The only evidence as to how the accident happened is that plaintiff had one foot "on the pavement, and with other foot * * * was just getting off" when the bus struck him. The Trial Justice in his charge commented...
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