Rowland v. Auto Service, Inc.

These two actions of tort for personal injuries were brought by the late Portia Growl, who died after she had obtained verdicts in her favor against both defendants. These actions are now being prosecuted by the administratrix of her estate. The only exceptions of the defendants now argued are to the denial in each case of a motion for a directed verdict for the defendant. The defendant Joseph Protami, Junior, was an automobile salesman for the defendant Auto Service, Inc., of which his father was an officer.

On May 9, 1950, before the accident, according to evidence for the plaintiff, the…