Driscoll v. Pagano

This is a report by a judge of the Superior Court, after the jury had returned verdicts for the plaintiffs, of his action in entering verdicts on leave reserved (G. L. [Ter. *465Ed.] c. 231, § 120) for the defendant in five actions of tort brought to recover damages alleged to have been sustained as the result of the gross negligence of the defendant. Three of the plaintiffs, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs, sustained injuries while they were “guest occupants” of the defendant’s automobile on Broadway in Malden on June 15, 1940, at about 8:25 p.m. when it was “light,” “just twilight.”…