Miller v. Flash Chemical Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries received when the plaintiff, a girl then six years of age, was crossing North Main Street in Providence, Rhode Island, from the easterly to the westerly side and was struck by a motor vehicle of the defendant going in a northerly direction. The second action was by the father of the plaintiff in the first for consequential damages.
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Two actions of tort, the first for personal injuries received when the plaintiff, a girl then six years of age, was crossing North Main Street in Providence, Rhode Island, from the easterly to the westerly side and was struck by a motor vehicle of the defendant going in a northerly direction. The second action was by the father of the plaintiff in the first for consequential damages. Writs dated June 1, 1915. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before Keating, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved that verdicts…
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
These are two actions of tort, — one for personal injuries received by Matilda Miller (hereinafter called the' plaintiff), a child six years of age, on June 15, 1914, in Providence, Rhode Island, through the alleged negligence of the defendant’s servant in operating an automobile truck. The other action is by her father for consequential damages. Verdicts were returned for the plaintiffs.
There was evidence that the plaintiff never went alone to or from school, but always was accompanied by her sister Rose, eleven years of age. On the day of the injury Rose remained in school and asked Anna…
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