NELSON v. NASON


343 Mass. 220 (1961)

177 N.E.2d 887

OLIVER W. NELSON, administrator, vs. DAVID NASON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

November 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Crotty, for the defendant.

John W. Fellows, for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & KIRK, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

It was not error to deny the defendant's motion for a directed verdict. The issue is whether the defendant's negligent conduct in the operation of a pickup truck could have been found to be a contributing cause of the collision between another truck, operated by Eric Scott, and a convertible driven by Nason's friend Ronald Perham, in which a mutual friend, the plaintiff's intestate, Oliver W. Nelson, Junior, was a passenger, which resulted in the immediate...

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