Insurance Co. of North America v. Iroff

Herein we relate the unfortunate incidents which led to the fastest car wash in history.

Mr. and Mrs. Kanter owned a 1964 Oldsmobile sedan equipped with a mechanically linked dual accelerator arrangement. One accelerator pedal was in the ordinary location; the other was located to the left of the brake pedal. On the morning of May 11, 1965, Mrs. Kanter drove the automobile to the Scrub & Brush Auto Wash and turned the vehicle over to one of the attendants in the customary manner.

But a few minutes afterward, while Mrs. Kanter was in the customer area inside the car wash, she heard a man yell…