Iannucci v. Lamb

Plaintiff was a passenger in a truck which, on its way from Albany to Bridgeport, had come to a stop in Rensselaer, New York, in a line of traffic which had halted to permit traffic to proceed on an intersecting highway. In the line of traffic behind the truck was a car driven by Hurford, an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture, and behind the Hurford car was the car of the defendant. The Hurford car came to a stop in the rear of the truck, but the defendant’s car failed to stop in time, struck the Hurford car in the rear, and shoved it forward against the rear of the…