VOORHEIS v. HAWTHORNE-MICHAELS CO.

Docket No. 22062.

151 Cal.App.2d 688 (1957)

312 P.2d 51

EDNA S. VOORHEIS et al., Respondents, v. HAWTHORNE-MICHAELS COMPANY et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

June 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schell, Delamer & Loring and Lee A. Solomon for Appellants.

David Sokol and Arthur M. Reilly for Respondents.


VALLÉE, J.

Plaintiffs, the widow and children of Donald C. Voorheis, brought this action for his alleged wrongful death. The accident occurred on August 5, 1954. Voorheis was working as a grade checker for MacDonald and Kruse Construction Company in the Los Angeles River channel. Defendants were the owners of equipment being used in removing earth from the river channel. Benjamin Kirk, an employee of defendants and a truck driver of long experience, was driving...

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