Cooke v. Brown

Two consolidated negligence cases are before us. They arose directly and derivatively from an intersectional collision of plaintiff Edward Cooke’s motor scooter with defendants’ automobile. Defendants had verdict and judgment. Plaintiffs .appeal.

During final twilight of a summer evening plaintiff Edward Cooke, then aged 14, rode his motor .scooter east on 6-lane Erie street, in Plat Rock, toward right angle intersecting Seneca street. His uourse was straight and fairly close to the south curb of Erie, and the approach-rate of speed of his scooter is accepted by the parties as being between 20…