BACK v. WICKES CORP.


375 Mass. 633 (1978)

378 N.E.2d 964

JOHN P. BACK, administrator, vs. THE WICKES CORPORATION & another (and four companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 6, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert P. Zabin for the plaintiffs.

Philander S. Ratzkoff (Cynthia J. Cohen with him) for The Wickes Corporation.

Karl L. Gollub for Chrysler Corporation.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

These are five consolidated actions, four for wrongful death and conscious suffering, and one for personal injuries, arising out of an accident on the Massachusetts Turnpike. The plaintiffs' four decedents perished when the motor home in which they were riding caught fire and exploded after hitting a cable fence at the side of the highway. There was agreement among the parties' experts that the collision might have occurred at a speed as low as twenty...

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