Bovi v. Mellor

By its special verdict the jury found that Fiore was negligent in deviating to the left from the traffic lane in which he was operating without first ascertaining that such movement could be made with safety to the Mellor truck approaching from the rear; that he was negligent in increasing the speed of his automobile before completely passed by. the Mellor truck; that his negligence was an efficient cause of the collision; that he failed to exercise ordinary care not to increase the danger assumed by the plaintiffs upon entering his automobile or add thereto a new danger with respect to said…