Meier v. Holt

I agree that the trial judge did not err in finding defendant Holt guilty of actionable negligence. My inability to sign Mr. Justice Boyles’ opinion as proposed stems from *437the 8th paragraph thereof, the result of which is affirmance of judgments for all plaintiffs against both defendants for the total damage each plaintiff suffered as a result of both collisions. I think we should adhere to the first premise of Frye — that appellant Holt is responsible to the plaintiffs only for the consequences of his own tort—and that we should re-examine Frye’s result with a view toward worthy answer of…