SCHUMACHER v. BEDFORD TRUCK LINES

Docket No. 9046.

153 Cal.App.2d 287 (1957)

314 P.2d 485

SUSAN SCHUMACHER, a Minor, etc., et al., Respondents, v. BEDFORD TRUCK LINES et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 16, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rich, Fuidge & Dawson for Appellants.

Melvin M. Belli, Al B. Broyer and Prince A. Hawkins for Respondents.


SCHOTTKY, J.

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict, from an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial. The action arose out of a collision between defendants' truck and an automobile in which Susan Schumacher, age 6, was riding. The jury awarded the child $50,000 for her injuries and $10,000 to her father for special damages.

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