Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-05
TOTAL vERDICTs OF s5.54s
 IN FOUR AUTOMOBILE SUITS

Verdicts for the plaintiffs that total S5 546 and costs were given in the suits of Leo P. Shandeor of Noank, Perley F. Morton and his wife. Helen E. Morton of fNoank and Mrs. Lillian M. Tyler of Med ford, MaSs., against W. Harry Jennings of this city by decision handed down Friday by Judge George F.. Hinman be- fore whom the four suits were tried at
 once in the. superior court in this city. The suits arose from collision on the night of July 25, 1919, near the corner | of Broad street and Broadway between the automobile driven by Shandeor and that driven by Jennings.
 | Mr Shandeor, who sued for $1,o00 l was given verdict for $792.' Mrs. Tyler | and Mrs. Morton, who each sued for
 $10,00 for injuries they received as they were riding in Shandeor's car, were
 given 5000 and $2,5 respectively. NJ :. Morton, who sued for !1,000 for his ex- penses an dlaes of his !, ife's services, was given $254. Judge Hinman de- clined to double orr treble the dama ges as was asked iii the complaint made in | the case
 1 His memorandum of decision follows l Whatever may have been the condition, as 10 influence of intoXicants. of the de- fendant at the time of the collision, which Is the subject of these actions, it is clear that negligence on the part of the de- 1 fendant, in violation of the law of the I road, as alleged in the several com plaints, was the proximate cause of said collision and the resulting injuries and
 damage to the respective plaintiffs. This would be true even had the collision oc-
 cured on an unlighted country road. fol If defendants own lights were adequate
 and lighted, he could and in the exercise
 of due care should have seen, even ar
 unlighted vehicle in time to stop or other
 fise avoid, in conformity to the law ot
 the road, collision with it. This col
 lision occurred, however, on a wide ant well lighted by street lamps, especiall, at and near the point of collision. tha
 even were both of the colliding vehicle unlighted each would be clearly visible t,
 the operator of the other.
 : It is found, however, that the plaintiff Shandeor's car was lighted up to tn
 time that the headlights were broken b. , the impact with the defendants car, i was proceeding slowly and to the righ 1 of the center of the street. and there wer r no other vehicles on the street for con l siderable distance at least, in front o 5 the defendants automobile. Whateve v may have been defendants motive, if any : in swervipg to his left so far as to com . into head-on contact with Shandeor' s then nedrly Sldtlonary on US eXtrem l right hand 'slde of the street, no justif T cation consistent with due care is foun
 for the course which he took, nor an
 contributory negligence on the part
 Shandeor or his passengers. He is there
 fore liable for the damage resulting fror ' his negligent conduct.
 $ As to said damage the plaintiff Shar s deor is entitled to recover $500 for dan g age to his automobile and s192 for los 3 of use of same during reasonable tin # in which to repair it.
 l. Plaintiff Perley F. Morton is awarde n the sum of s254, being the amount of e, penses incurred by him for medical an = surgical care and nursing of his wife. I'll