Irish v. Clark

These two actions, before us on exceptions to the direction of verdicts for both defendants, arise from a collision between an automobile driven by the defendant Clark in which the plaintiff Nancy Irish was a passenger and an automobile driven by the defendant Milton. The defendants are charged with liability as “joint tort feasors,” within the common use of the term, for concurring acts of negligence. Nancy Irish, a minor, seeks to recover damages for personal injuries, and Marion P. Dunn, who has custody of Nancy, for medical and other expenses not included in the latter’s suit.

The sole…