Lynch v. Fisk Rubber Co.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff from being run over by an automobile, owned and operated by the defendant, while they were concurrently using a public way.* In the Superior Court at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, a verdict was ordered† for the defendant, and the case is here on exceptions.

It is the defendant’s contention, that there was no evidence of the plaintiff’s due care or of the defendant’s negligence. The plaintiff was employed by marketmen to deliver goods to their customers, which he carried in bundles either on his shoulders or…