JACKSON v. MAGNAVOX CORP.


116 N.J. Super. 1 (1971)

280 A.2d 692

WILLIAM JACKSON, ADMINISTRATOR AND ADMINISTRATOR AD PROSEQUENDUM OF THE ESTATE OF EAULA MAE JACKSON, DECEASED, AND ESTHER MAE ELLIOT, PLAINTIFFS-RESPONDENTS, v. MAGNAVOX CORPORATION, A CORPORATION, AND MERIT TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS, AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL., A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur N. D'Italia argued the cause for appellant Merit Transportation Corporation (Mr. Maurice J. Frank, attorney).

Mr. Richard D. Bennett argued the cause for appellant Magnavox Corporation (Messrs. Bennett & Bennett, attorneys).

Mr. Nathan Baker argued the cause for respondents (Messrs. Baker, Garber, Duffy & Baker, attorneys).

Before Judges CONFORD, KOLOVSKY and CARTON.


The opinion of the court was delivered by CONFORD, P.J.A.D.

In these seven actions consolidated for trial plaintiffs were passengers (and the administrators ad prosequendum of two deceased passengers) in a car driven by defendant Powers which collided on the night of January 8, 1966 with an unlighted trailer parked on a Jersey City street near the New Jersey Turnpike overpass. As a result three passengers were injured and two were killed. A number of actions...

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