Bates v. Callahan

Exceptions overruled. Verdicts were returned against three defendants in favor of two plaintiffs who, while painting a service station operated by the defendant Patrick Spennetto (Spennetto) and his brother Abraham, were knocked from ladders by a motor vehicle brought for servicing to the station by the registered owner, the defendant Mrs. Callahan, whose husband, also a defendant, although unable to drive, did, at Abraham’s request, enter the vehicle, where Spennetto had left it, and start the motor. In doing so, he accelerated the motor while the gears were engaged, causing the vehicle to…