DAVIS v. WALENT


16 Mass. App. Ct. 83 (1983)

449 N.E.2d 382

DALE E. DAVIS, administratrix, vs. PETER L. WALENT & others. (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 23, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Donahue for Peter L. Walent.

Thomas D. Dolan for Joseph E. Baker, III.

Wade M. Welch (Robert T. Nagle with him) for Dale E. Davis.

Richard P. Howe for Alfred J. Gray.

Present: HALE, C.J., ROSE, & WARNER, JJ.


HALE, C.J.

These actions sounding in tort arose out of an accident which occurred at about 4:00 A.M. on July 11, 1978, on Shawsheen Street in Tewksbury, involving one automobile. Three young men, Steven G. Davis, Alfred J. Gray, and Joseph E. Baker, III, were riding in the automobile which was owned by the defendant Peter Walent. The automobile went off the road and struck a telephone pole resulting in Davis' death and injuries to the other two.

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