RODELA v. SOUTHERN CAL. EDISON CO.

Docket No. 21994.

148 Cal.App.2d 708 (1957)

307 P.2d 436

BEATRIZ T. RODELA, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, Respondent.

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

February 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Fairfield, H. Gregory Brilliant and Ethelyn F. Black for Appellant.

Chase, Rotchford, Downen & Drukker and Richard T. Drukker for Respondent.


ASHBURN, J.

Personal injury action. Jury waived. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals, claiming primarily that she is entitled to the benefit of res ipsa loquitur and as a matter of law the evidence is insufficient to offset it.

Plaintiff was working for Academy Candle Company, which uses as a part of its equipment in making candles a boiler fired by 48 gas burners and producing heat of 400 to 600 degrees at the exit of the vent pipe. Normally this pipe...

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