Israeloff v. Whitehall Taxicab Company

These two actions of trespass on the case for negligence were brought to recover damages for personal injuries and property damage sustained by the plaintiff as the result of a collision caused by the alleged negligence of the defendant Guido DePetrillo while operating a taxicab owned by the defendant Whitehall Taxicab Company. The cases were tried before a justice of the superior court sitting with a jury together with another case resulting from the same collision, brought by the plaintiff against Richard W. Rankin. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in each case. Thereafter in…