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SEFFERT v. LOS ANGELES TRANSIT LINES

Docket No. L.A. 26201.

56 Cal.2d 498 (1961)

364 P.2d 337

15 Cal. Rptr. 161

YETTA SEFFERT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES TRANSIT LINES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 17, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Hunt and David S. Smith for Defendants and Appellants.

Irving H. Green, Wright, Wright, Goldwater & Mack, John H. Rice and Andrew J. Weisz for Plaintiff and Respondent.

PETERS, J.

Defendants appeal from a judgment for plaintiff for $187,903.75 entered on a jury verdict. Their motion for a new trial for errors of law and excessiveness of damages was denied.

At the trial plaintiff contended that she was properly entering defendants' bus when the doors closed suddenly catching her right hand and left foot. The bus started, dragged her some distance, and then threw her to the pavement. Defendants contended that the injury resulted...

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