Hoffman v. Grobsmith

The above actions were simultaneously brought against the above defendants to recover damages arising out of an automobile collision wherein the plaintiffs suffered both property damages and personal injuries. There was no privity between the plaintiffs in said causes. The actions were duly placed upon the calendar of a Trial Term held at Utica in January, 1927. By direction of the trial justice the said three cases were tried together before a jury. (The cases were not consolidated.) The jury awarded each plaintiff substantial damages. If the cases had been tried before separate juries, each…