McGUIGAN v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Docket No. 16046.

129 Cal.App.2d 482 (1954)

277 P.2d 444

LUCILLE HELEN McGUIGAN, as Administratrix, etc., Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant.

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

December 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Dunne, R. Mitchell S. Boyd, Dunne, Dunne & Phelps and Robert L. Lamb for Appellant.

Cosgriff, Carr, McClellan & Ingersoll, Luther M. Carr and Frank A. Dutton for Respondent.


PETERS, P.J.

James J. McGuigan, while working at his job of herder for the Southern Pacific Company, suffered a heart attack from which he died. His widow brought this action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act to recover damages for the death of her husband, it being claimed that the death resulted from the negligence of the employer, or from the negligence of others for whom the employer is liable. The sole defendant named is the employer, the Southern Pacific...

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