Nichols v. Williams

At about 11.30 p. m. on November 24, 1938, near the westerly edge of the College Highway in Cheshire, the plaintiff was struck and injured by being pinned between the front part of the defendant Block’s car proceeding southerly, and the rear of the parked car of Samuel Galvan. The plaintiff sustained serious injuries necessitating the amputation of his right leg. The highway at this place is straight for a distance of several hundred feet and practically level. It comprises a four foot gravel shoulder at the east, and a four and one-half foot gravel shoulder at the west. Between these,…