Riggs v. Szymanski

We write to a question of first impression. The case was submitted on a certified concise statement of facts and proceedings. It is five 12-1/2-inch-long pages.

Reference may be had thereto by those desirous of more background than we shall include in our opinion.

In brief what happened is that both plaintiffs and defendant’s 1 automobiles were stopped at a traffic light. The plaintiff says defendant bumped into her car from the rear. Defendant says plaintiffs vehicle rolled backwards into his.

The only ascertainable damage was a dent "around the keyhole of plaintiff’s trunk”. The contact took…