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What was the ambient temperature and was he driving summer tires? Anything below 45-40F and he may have lost traction from the tires not being right for the weather. The leaves may not have been the problem.
I just had my oil changed at an indie mechanic and just decided to ask about summer tires in the winter and the guy at the desk and one of the mechanics had no clue. They said you could use them in the winter - no problem. They said there was no potential to damage the tire and the traction is based on the grooves so don't use them in the snow but don't worry about the cold! They were clueless!
Seriously dangerous advice! I didn't know about this until two years ago and had multiple poor traction stories. Luckily I avoided driving my Boxster in the winter due to salt and knew I had poor traction in the snow. But I didn't realize the performance tires I had were summer only and had such poor traction below 40F.
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