WOOD v. PAOLINO

No. 1950-Appeal.

315 A.2d 744 (1974)

Robert WOOD v. V.J. PAOLINO et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Mazzeo, for plaintiff.

Leonard A. Kiernan, Jr., for defendant.


OPINION

JOSLIN, Justice.

This civil action was brought in the Superior Court to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained when on September 17, 1966, the defendant V.J. Paolino,1 mistakenly believing that certain profane remarks uttered by the plaintiff had been directed against him, grabbed the plaintiff around the neck and kneed him in the back. The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict for the plaintiff...

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