McGettigan v. Quaker City Automobile Co.

Citations

• 48 Pa. Super. 602
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 419

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Automobiles—High speed — Sharp turn — Sluing of machine.</p> <p>Where the driver of an automobile in a city street turned his machine with such speed near the curb as to cause the rear part of the automobile to skid or slue and the top 'of it to project on to a sidewalk so as to strike a boy and kill him, the owner of the automobile will be liable to the parent for damages for the death of the child, if it appears that there were no conditions making it necessary for the driver to make such a short turn under high speed.</p>