Bill v. New England Cities Ice Co.

To establish the defendant’s negligence, the plaintiff called as expert witnesses, two men who were familiar from long experience with the construction and operation of trucks and who examined the truck in question immediately after the accident. They both testified, in general terms, that the body of this truck was mounted upon the chassis in such a way as to make it top-heavy and cause it to tip quickly. This testimony, if acceptable at its face value, would support a finding that the defendant furnished for the use of the plaintiff a defective and dangerous instrumentality.

In order to…