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PACKARD v. WHITTEN

274 A.2d 169 (1971)

Ruth PACKARD, Goldie Lourie, Joseph Lourie, Ada Tapper and Nathan Tapper, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Marjorie G. WHITTEN and the Coca-Cola Bottling Plants, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. FERN'S TAXI, INC., Defendant, v. Marjorie G. WHITTEN and the Coca-Cola Bottling Plants, Inc., Cross-Claimants-Appellants, and Fern's Taxi, Inc., Cross-Claimant-Appellee.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

February 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linnell, Choate & Webber, by G. Curtis Webber, John R. Linnell, Auburn, and John A. Platz, Lewiston, for Ruth Packard.

Berman, Berman & Simmons, by Jack H. Simmons, Lewiston, for Goldie Lourie & Ada Tapper.

Mahoney, Desmond, Robinson & Mahoney, by Lawrence P. Mahoney, Portland, for Marjorie G. Whitten.

John G. Marshall, Marshall, Raymond & Beliveau, Lewiston, for Coca-Cola.

Ralph I. Lancaster, Jr., Portland, for Fern's Taxi Inc.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY and WERNICK, JJ.

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

These appeals by two of three Defendants from judgments in personal injury actions present a number of issues as to procedure, sufficiency of evidence and the correctness of the award of damages and they direct our attention once more to the question of adoption of the concept of comparative contribution by joint tortfeasors.

Walnut Street in the City of Lewiston runs east and west and, in the area here in question, it is a through way...

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