LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Teresa Di Vona vs. Lee, City Treasurer
Citation: 1 Super. Ct. (R.I.) 53
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1918-03-01
Docket Number: No. 41408
Pages: 53–54
Volume: 1
Reporter: Rhode Island Superior Court Rescripts

Parties: Teresa Di Vona vs. Lee, City Treasurer

Teresa Di Vona vs. Lee, City Treasurer
No. 41408
DECISION March 1, 1918

DORAN, J.
There is a mass of testimony which if true tends to show liability and the jury have found liability proven.
For plaintiff: Sullivan & Sullivan, and D. A. Colton.
For defendant: Frank H. Wildes.
As to the amount of damages awarded, the evidence is such that in my opinion the severity of injury indicated by the jury’s award is not supported hy the weight of the evidence.
New trial granted unless plaintiff withm ten days of notice of this decision remits all damages in excess of eight hundred dollars.