Loui v. Oakley

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LEVINSON, J.

This case presents the novel question whether a plaintiff injured in a series of automobile accidents, occurring months and years apart, may recover from the first tort-feasor damages resulting from all the accidents if the jury is unable, by a preponderance of the evidence, to apportion the damages among the various accidents.

The accident for which the defendant-appellant was responsible occurred on August 4, 1961. Before this case went to trial, the plaintiff-appellee was involved in three additional accidents on February 11, 1962, November 16, 1962, and…