FORD v. FLAHERTY; YANKEE DODGE, INC.


1 Mass. App. Ct. 16 (1972)

294 N.E.2d 437

ADELAIDE A. FORD vs. KYLE L. FLAHERTY; YANKEE DODGE, INC. & another, THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANTS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

December 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Kelley for Kyle L. Flaherty.

Thomas D. Burns for Yankee Dodge, Inc.

Robert W. Cornell (John B. Johnson with him) for Chrysler Corporation.

Present: HALE, C.J., KEVILLE, & GRANT, JJ.


GRANT, J.

On the clear, dry day of August 18, 1964, Kyle L. Flaherty was operating his motor vehicle at a reasonable rate of speed in a westerly direction along Columbia Road in the Dorchester district of Boston, intending to make a left hand turn into an access ramp leading to the Southeast Expressway. He depressed the brake pedal in order to slow the vehicle preparatory to making the intended turn. The vehicle swerved violently to the left, some ten or fifteen degrees...

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