Lynch v. Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co.

The plaintiffs, while riding as guests of one Cimbel, the defendant’s intestate, in an automobile driven by him, were injured by a collision with a large truck which was proceeding in the same direction on the highway. The only question is whether there was any evidence of gross negligence on the part of Cimbel.

There was evidence of the following tenor: At about 10:30 p.m. Cimbel invited the two plaintiffs and another girl to ride from Springfield to their home in Westfield. When they reached Tubbs Hill, so called, in West Springfield, going in a westerly direction, the Cimbel automobile ran…