Connell v. Berland

The action is for damages for personal injuries caused by the defendant’s automobile. The jury were justified in finding from the evidence that the defendant was negligent in that he parked his automobile in a congested locality where concededly he knew that children were constantly playing in the street, leaving the car, which was equipped with a self-starter, with the doors unlocked and with the ignition key in the switch. The car was left in that condition for more than half an hour. It was started by a boy, who thereafter jumped from it. The car then ran wild, ran over the curb and struck…