Supreme Court of Rhode Island April 3, 1989, 87-528-M.P., 88-355-M.P. (Cabral v. Arruda)

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

The case now under consideration is a consolidation of two cases,

David Cabral v. Joseph F. Arruda, Alias,

and

John F. Big-bee v. Louis A. Fuchs, M.D., et al.

Both cases are before us on writs of certiorari.

The facts of the two cases present an identical issue. In regard to the first case, David Cabral was the driver of a car that had . stopped at a red light.