DOHERTY v. SPANO


336 Mass. 576 (1958)

146 N.E.2d 671

PATRICIA DOHERTY & another vs. JOHN SPANO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Lewis, for the defendant.

John J. O'Neill, for the plaintiffs.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

The question for decision is whether the evidence, hereinafter summarized, warranted a finding of gross negligence.

At some time before midnight on February 27, 1955, Patricia Doherty, hereinafter called the plaintiff, aged seventeen, was in a restaurant in Revere. Leaving the restaurant around 12:15 A.M., she met the defendant who asked her if she would like a ride home in his automobile. The plaintiff, who knew the defendant and had ridden with...

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