DESHOTEL v. ATCHISON, T. & S.F. RY. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 19912.

50 Cal.2d 664 (1958)

328 P.2d 449

ELOYCE DESHOTEL, Appellant, v. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 31, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Myers and D.W. Brobst for Appellant.

Robert W. Walker, William J. Hayes, Hardin, Fletcher, Cook & Hayes and Cyril Viadro for Respondents.


GIBSON, C.J.

Plaintiff's husband was severely injured when a taxicab in which he was a passenger collided with a train. He sued the railway company, the taxicab company, the train engineer, and the cab driver, obtaining a judgment in the amount of $290,000, which was affirmed on appeal (Deshotel v. Atchison, T. & S.F. Ry. Co., 144 Cal.App.2d 224 [

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