Ford v. Kyle L. Flaherty Yankee Dodge, Inc.

This case is before us as a consequence of our allowance of an application by Yankee Dodge, Inc. (Yankee), a third-party defendant, for leave to obtain further appellate review after a decision of the Appeals Court. Ford v. Flaherty, Mass. App. Ct. (1972).a G. L. c. 211A, § 11. S.J.C. Rule 3:24, § 7, 359 Mass. 834 n., 838 (1972).

*383The plaintiff brought an action in tort for personal injuries, arising out of an accident that occurred on August 18, 1964, against Kyle L. and Marguerite R. Flaherty, operator and owner, respectively, of a motor vehicle. The Flahertys, as third-party plaintiffs,…