Vespe v. Rosen

Citations

• 75 Pa. Super. 332
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 10

Syllabus

<p>Automiobiles — Accidents■■—Fassengérs—Hired vehicles — Liability of owner.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for .injuries sustained in an automobile accident, the case is for the jury and a verdict for the plaintiff will be sustained, where the evidence is that the plaintiff was riding in a car driven by defendant’s chauffeur and that the latter, in attempting to pass another automobile on a wet street turned his machine sharply, causing it to skid and strike a telegraph pole so violently that the front of the automobile was damaged and the occupants thrown violently forward and the plate glass windows behind the chauffeur were broken, causing injuries to the plaintiff. The progress of the machine and its violent impact with the pole, was sufficient to support the inference that, Under all the circumstances, it was not handled with the prudence of the ordinary driver or the degree of care required by the attending circumstances.</p> <p>It is also a -question for the jury whether at the time of the accident the chauffeur was an employee of the defendant and engaged in his master’s business.</p>