THIRION v. FREDRICKSON & WATSON CONSTR. CO.

Docket No. 19563.

193 Cal.App.2d 299 (1961)

14 Cal. Rptr. 269

E.J. THIRION, Appellant, v. FREDRICKSON AND WATSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (a Corporation) et al., Respondents.

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

June 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chesley M. Walter, Robert M. Corson and M.F. Hallmark for Appellant.

Hagar, Crosby & Rosson, Carlisle C. Crosby and Burton Mason for Respondents.


TOBRINER, J.

For the reasons hereinafter stated, we cannot believe that a contractor who agrees to reconstruct a highway becomes liable for an injury caused by a preexisting depression on the highway within the area of the project but outside the area where he has worked. On the other hand a jury could infer negligence on the part of the contractor, and proximately caused injury, from the deposit of wet loose gravel on that part of the highway upon which the contractor...

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