RAWSON v. LOHSEN


145 N.J. Super. 71 (1976)

366 A.2d 1022

DANIEL L. RAWSON, PLAINTIFF, v. CLAUDIA LOHSEN, BOROUGH OF CARLSTADT, NEW JERSEY BOROUGH OF EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, AND COUNTY OF BERGEN, NEW JERSEY, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided November 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John B. Hall for plaintiff (Messrs. Davies, Davies & Hall, Esqs,. attorneys).

Mr. Edward P. Shea for defendant Claudia Lohsen (Mr. Robert J. Casulli, attorney).

Mr. Norman S. Costanza, attorney for defendant Borough of East Rutherford.

Mr. James X. Sattely for defendant Borough of Carlstadt (Messrs. Mastrangelo and Sattely, attorneys).

Mr. Richard J. Donohue for defendant County of Bergen (Messrs. Olson & Donohue, attorneys).


SMITH, J.C.C., TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED.

The jury's answer to a liability interrogatory posed in this unusual accident case actually frames a legal issue which must be decided to mold the judgment under our Comparative Negligence Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.2(c). Evidence adduced during the trial painted this factual picture:

On January 27, 1974 Daniel Rawson was riding his motorcycle in a northerly direction on Hackensack Street. As he approached the Hoboken...

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