Pietrycka v. Simolan

The defendant claimed to have proved that with his permission the plaintiff was riding from New Haven to Southington in an automobile operated and controlled solely by the defendant; that late at night, when there was little traffic on the streets, the defendant was driving toward the intersection of Main and Bristol streets in Southington, at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour; that as he approached.the junction of these streets, another automobile ran out of Bristol Street into Main Street very rapidly and directly toward the defendant’s car; that to avoid a collision he turned to the…