Thorndike v. Coombes

1.) Judgment unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, in accordance with memorandum, with costs to defendant Hurst only, and otherwise costs to abide the event; cross appeal dismissed as moot. Memorandum: These are cross appeals from jury verdicts in consolidated automobile negligence actions in which the plaintiffs Swarthout, Sedlmayer and Holloran sought damages for personal injuries and plaintiff Thorndike sought damages for the wrongful death of decedent, Ruf. At the time of the accident, the four women were riding in a vehicle operated by plaintiff Sedlmayer which collided with a…