John H. Begley and Lawrence J. Sinnott v. Ford Motor Company, and Empire Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs John H. Begley and Lawrence J. Sinnott commenced this diversity action in the Southern District of New York to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as the result of an automobile collision on the Connecticut Turnpike on April 22, 1966. Plaintiffs claimed that the 1965 Lincoln Continental in which they were riding home from work (Begley driving, Sinnott a front seat passenger) collided with the rear of another automobile, both proceeding eastbound, at the Greenwich toll station when the Lincoln’s brakes failed to operate. The brake failure allegedly…