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DEROCHE v. BASSETT

No. 1153-Appeal.

275 A.2d 632 (1971)

Wilfred DEROCHE v. Paul BASSETT, Finance Director of the City of Pawtucket.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. McBurney, William J. Burke, Pawtucket, for plaintiff.

Gerald J. Pouliot, Asst. City Sol., for defendant.

OPINION

JOSLIN, Justice.

In this civil action a jury in the Superior Court returned a verdict of $25,000 for the plaintiff for personal injuries sustained by him when he tripped and fell because of an alleged defect in a public highway. Ten days subsequent to the entry of judgment the defendant filed in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court a motion for a new trial. The trial justice who presided at the trial in effect refused to hear or pass upon...

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