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GONZALEZ v. DERRINGTON

Docket Nos. L.A. 26283, 26284, 26285, 26286.

56 Cal.2d 130 (1961)

363 P.2d 1

14 Cal. Rptr. 1

JOSEPH ANDALON GONZALEZ et al., Appellants, v. OLIVER B. DERRINGTON et al., Respondents. PEARL SMALDINO et al., Appellants, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents. BARBARA LEE SPINELLI, Appellant, v. OLIVER B. DERRINGTON et al., Respondents. ELEANOR M. KESTEL et al., Appellants, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 26, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Arnold Oppenheim, Harney, Drummond & Dorsey, R.E. Schlottman, Hahn, Ross & Saunders, E. Loyd Saunders, Helm & Budinger and Jerome M. Budinger for Appellants.

Veatch, Thomas & Carlson, Wayne Veatch, Henry F. Walker, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Sherman Welpton, Jr., and F. Lee Coulter, Jr., for Respondents.

McCOMB, J.

These appeals involve four separate actions arising out of an explosion and fire that occurred on April 4, 1957, in a restaurant and bar in Los Angeles known as the Mecca Club.

The case of Spinelli v. Derrington et al. is an action to recover damages for injuries.

The remaining three cases are actions to recover damages for wrongful death instituted by the respective heirs at law of the deceased persons.

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