In setting aside the verdict for plaintiff, the Trial Justice ruled that the interests of justice required a new trial because of certain prejudicial testimony given by plaintiff, when recalled as a witness in rebuttal, which impugned the morality of a physician, who had examined her on behalf of defendants and, furthermore, that the verdict was excessive. While unquestionably the testimony of plaintiff regarding the doctor was improper and prejudicial, that conclusion does...
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