Loftus v. Pelletier
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the overturning of the defendant’s automobile in which the plaintiff was being transported under the circumstances stated in the opinion on August 15, 1912, on a road called Mill Circle in the town of Winchendon.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the overturning of the defendant’s automobile in which the plaintiff was being transported under the circumstances stated in the opinion on August 15, 1912, on a road called Mill Circle in the town of Winchendon. Writ dated March 1, 1913. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Hall, J., who at the close of the evidence, which is described in the opinion, ordered a verdict for the defendant, and at the request of the parties reported the case for determination by this court. If the ruling of the judge was correct, judgment was to be entered for…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The plaintiff, a district nurse, was injured while being driven by the defendant, a doctor, in his automobile. The jury were warranted in finding that at the time of the accident the defendant was driving the automobile negligently and that his neglect was the cause of the injury to the plaintiff.
The facts were, or could have been found to be, substantially as follows: The defendant had turned out of the main street into Mill Circle, which led “off to the right gradually,” and not at a right angle. In going from the main street to Mill Circle there was not much of a grade at first, but later…
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