LEWIS v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Docket No. 14298.

98 Cal.App.2d 358 (1950)

220 P.2d 431

SEARS LEWIS, Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

July 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlson, Collins, Gordon & Bold, Robert Collins, Frederick Bold, Jr., and Steven H. Welch, Jr., for Appellant.

Bernard E. Allard, Franklin C. Stark, Stanley E. Sparrowe, Nichols, Richard & Allard and Stark & Champlin for Respondent.


DOOLING, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on the verdict of a jury. The jury returned a verdict of $27,500 which was reduced by plaintiff's consent to $22,500 pursuant to an order denying a motion for new trial conditioned on such consent.

Plaintiff, an employee of the Union Oil Company, was injured by the door of a boxcar falling upon him while he and a fellow employee were attempting to close it. The boxcar had been delivered by defendant to...

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