SHAHINIAN v. McCORMICK

Docket No. L.A. 27113.

59 Cal.2d 554 (1963)

381 P.2d 377

30 Cal. Rptr. 521

EDWARD SHAHINIAN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JOHN McCORMICK et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gifford, Wyse, Darby & Franciscus, Darby, Fleming, Anderson & Hager and Richard M. Darby for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dryden, Harrington, Horgan & Swartz and Vernon G. Foster for Defendants and Respondents.


PETERS, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendants entered upon a jury verdict in an action for personal injuries suffered in a water skiing accident. Plaintiff alleges prejudicial error in the refusal of the trial judge to give certain instructions on the doctrines of res ipsa loquitur, assumption of risk, and last clear chance.

Defendants, Mr. and Mrs. McCormick, went water skiing with plaintiff Shahinian, and his wife, using the McCormicks' newly...

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