· 11/20/1961
Nelson v. Nason
Citations
- 177 N.E.2d 887
- 343 Mass. 220
- 1961 Mass. LEXIS 639
How courts have described this case
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- allowing recovery under § 876(b) where defendant participated in high speed automobile race on public way
- finding defendant's deliberate conduct caused another to engage in tortious activity as sufficient to establish conspiracy
- finding defendant’s deliberate conduct caused another to engage in tortious activity as sufficient to establish conspiracy
- drag racing teenager liable for deaths resulting from crash between automobile driven by plaintiffs decedent and another car
- recovery allowed under concerted action theory of § 876[b] where the defendant’s deliberate conduct caused another to engage in tortious activity
- under Restatement (First) of Torts § 876(b), driver of second car engaged in a road race on public streets could be liable for death caused when the first car crashed
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Judges: Whittemore, Wilkins, Spalding, Williams, Whittemobe, Kirk
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