Currier v. Grossman's of New Hampshire, Inc.

The accident happened on a clear morning on August 3, 1959, in Campton, New Hampshire. The defendant’s truck, traveling northerly, was slowing down preparing to make a left turn when the plaintiff, in his Volkswagen truck, coming up behind the defendant, attempted to pass. After the plaintiff pulled out to do so, he saw cars coming in the opposite direction, and in order to avoid a head-on collision, he swung back to his right colliding with the defendant’s truck. The plaintiff claimed that he could not see the cars approaching from the north until he started to pass and that he relied upon a…