Harris v. St. Johnsbury Trucking Co.

In this action, plaintiffs seek to recover damages based upon the negligence of the defendants, owner *128and operator of a truck which struck a parked car, causing the parked car to strike the plaintiff, Mirta Harris. On the trial plaintiffs introduced testimony that Mrs. Harris, who was in the late stages of pregnancy at the time of the accident, was propelled a distance of some six or seven feet, landing on the ground on her abdomen and striking her head, rendering her unconscious. She testified that when she regained consciousness in the ambulance en route to the hospital she was nauseous,…