Petras v. Storm

During the late afternoon of March 19,1980, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Joseph Petras, age eight, was riding his bicycle on Lower Hampden Road in Monson, in the company of his parents, when he was struck and killed by an automobile operated by the defendant John E. Storm. The boy’s parents brought an action in the Superior Court against Storm, his employer Lindco, Inc., and Hertz Corporation (from which Lindco had leased the automobile), seeking damages for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering. After trial, a jury, by special verdict, found that Storm was not negligent. Judgment…