Ouriel v. DiFiore

This is an action for property damage caused by negligence, and resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, respondent, against the appellants DiFiore and Mitchell. Briefly, the facts surrounding the alleged negligence are as follows:

John Petrossi Company, Inc., contracted with the Congregation Beth Kakness Ha Chadosh to bring some dirt to its cemetery, and Petrossi employed the appellant Max DiFiore as a truckman to do some of the work, and the appellant Robert Mitchell was driving DiFiore’s truck at the time. While the truck was in the cemetery, being driven by Mitchell, it backed into a…