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ALLEN v. STATE

No. 78-328-Appeal.

420 A.2d 70 (1980)

Nicholas ALLEN v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

September 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Decof, Weinstein & Mandell, Philip M. Weinstein, Martin W. Aisenberg, Elizabeth D. Rode, Providence, for plaintiff.

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Atty. Gen., Harold E. Krause, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

In 1972, the plaintiff instituted a wrongful-death action on behalf of himself and his minor child against the State of Rhode Island. At trial upon conclusion of the plaintiff's case, a Superior Court justice granted the state's motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff appeals from the judgment entered, challenging the propriety of the directed verdict and of the exclusion of certain expert testimony.

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