Cape Ann Granite Co. v. United States

leaving unlocked car unattended, in contravention of statute, constituted negligence per se and subjected car owner to liability for injuries caused by person who stole car | leaving unlocked car unattended, in contravention of statute, constituted negligence per se and subjected car owner to liability for injuries caused by person who stole car | violation of safety statute requiring automobile ignitions to be securely locked characterized as “proximate cause” of appellant’s decedent’s death when unknown person drove appellee’s truck away and ran over decedent | truck owner who left keys in ignition in violation of traffic ordinance held liable for damage negligently caused by third party who had stolen the vehicle; “[t]he fact that the intermeddler’s conduct was itself a proximate cause of the harm, and was probably criminal, [was] immaterial”