Imbriale v. Skidmore

Action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered as a consequence of plaintiff’s being struck by an automobile owned by defendant Hilda E. Skidmore and operated by her father, the other defendant. Judgment for the defendants reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. The court erred in its charge to the effect that plaintiff could not recover if the accident did not happen while the plaintiff was on the sidewalk. Under the peculiar circumstances of this case, the precise locus of the accident was not the exclusively determinative element…