Holmgren v. LaLiberte

1. There was evidence which warranted an inference that the accident was caused by the defendant’s negligence, for the reasons stated in the factually similar case of Olofson v. Kilgallon, 362 Mass. 803, 805-806 (1973). See also Jennings v. Bragdon, 289 Mass. 595, 597 (1935), and cases cited; Warren v. Howe, 332 Mass. 213 (1955); Fletcher v. Dockery, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 865 (1974). 2. From evidence of the onset of the plaintiff’s typical whiplash symptoms hours after the time that the rear end of his automobile was struck with considerable force by the defendant’s truck, the continuation of…