Coe v. Erickson

*Owen, J.

These are actions of tort wherein plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from an alleged contact between himself and a motor vehicle owned by Brockton Edison Co. and operated by Bruce R. Erickson: Agency was conceded, the issues are identical in each case and the reports are consolidated.

There was evidence that at the time in question the plaintiff service station operator was squatting down facing an automobile on which he was checking or putting air in the left rear tire. The plaintiff felt a blow on his back, he did not look up that second but when he…