AETNA CAS. ETC. CO. v. PACIFIC GAS & ELEC. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 18792.

41 Cal.2d 785 (1953)

264 P.2d 5

THE AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Defendants; BECHTEL CORPORATION (a Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 18, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Belli, Ashe & Pinney and Van H. Pinney for Appellant.

Partridge, O'Connell & Whitney and Wallace O'Connell for Respondent.


SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff is the compensation insurance carrier for an employer whose employee sustained an industrial injury allegedly caused by the negligence of third party defendants. In its fourth cause of action plaintiff sought to recover the employee's general tort damages. The action was brought more than one year but less than three years after occurrence of the accident which caused the injury. A demurrer to this fourth cause of action was sustained without...

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