Case Name: May E. Ramsey vs. Raymond Baggeston
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1977-01-18
Citations: 117 R.I. 474
Docket Number: 
Parties: May E. Ramsey vs. Raymond Baggeston.
Judges: Present: Bevilaequa, C.J., Paolino, Joslin, Kelleher and Doris, JJ.
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 117
Pages: 474–475

Head Matter:
367 A.2d 1081.
May E. Ramsey vs. Raymond Baggeston.
JANUARY 18, 1977.
Present: Bevilaequa, C.J., Paolino, Joslin, Kelleher and Doris, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We have reviewed the record in the case and the trial justice's decision conditionally granting the plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the issue of damages only unless defendant consented to an additur of $7500. That review satisfies us that the trial justice fully complied with the obligations imposed upon him under our rules as enunciated in a long line of cases and most recently in Fontaine v. Devonis, 114 R.I. 541, 336 A.2d 847 (1975); Grenier v. Royal Cab, Inc., 114 R.I. 11, 327 A.2d 272 (1974).
Accordingly, we deny and dismiss the defendant's appeal, and we remit the case to the Superior 'Court for a new trial on the issue of damages only unless the defendant shall, within a period to be fixed by that court, consent to the additur heretofore awarded by the trial justice.
Quinn, Cuzzone & Geremia, John F. Cuzzone, Jr., for plaintiff.
Martin M. Zucker, for defendant.