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CORDEIRO v. DeSANTIS

No. 80-344-Appeal.

454 A.2d 1219 (1983)

August CORDEIRO et al. v. Joseph DeSANTIS et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard McG. DeCelles, Providence, for plaintiffs.

Lind & Dillon, Edward E. Dillon, Jr., Cumberland, for defendants.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

In this civil action, plaintiffs seek damages for personal injuries caused to their son who was struck by the defendants' automobile. A jury trial held seven years after the incident resulted in a verdict for the defendants. The trial justice granted the plaintiffs' motion for new trial. The defendants now appeal from the granting of that motion. We vacate the order granting a new trial.

On May 11, 1973, Richard Cordeiro, then...

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