How has liability been determined for a motorist who exited a parking space into an aisle and was subsequently involved in a collision with another motorist driving in the aisle?

Galligan J. found the motorist who exited the parking space seriously negligent for failing to keep a proper lookout before entering the aisle. He found the motorist driving in the aisle to have been traveling at 25 mph, a speed which he considered excessive for the situation. Galligan J. concluded that the negligence of each party was a serious and contributing cause of the accident, and he divided liability equally between them. The following passage from Delfino v. Martin, supra at 251 is particularly relevant to the circumstances of the case at hand. I think it is appropriate to note that, because the parking spots are located at right angles to the aisle and the cars are parked side by side at right angles to the aisle, there are grave difficulties involved for a motorist getting out of one of these parking spaces into the aisle. There will almost certainly be a considerable restriction of his view caused by the vehicles parked on either side of him. The restriction of view can be made even more serious depending upon the type of vehicle parked beside him. Accordingly I think it must be recognized that very frequently a person leaving such a parking spot will have certain blind spots and his visibility may be restricted. While that fact does not relieve such a driver of the duty to take reasonable and proper care, it is a fact which I think must be borne in mind by persons driving along the aisles. I think persons driving in aisles such as this must know and be affixed with knowledge of the likelihood of vehicles leaving the parking spaces, entering on to the aisles with visibility restricted to some degree at least, and they must drive their vehicles accordingly. It is my opinion that a vehicle driven through one of those aisles must be driven at a very moderate, indeed I should say at a very low rate of speed.