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· 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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