MEYER v. BLACKMAN

Docket No. L.A. 27158.

59 Cal.2d 668 (1963)

381 P.2d 916

31 Cal. Rptr. 36

THELMA MEYER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GIPPIE R. BLACKMAN et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Kappler for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly, George A. Kuittinen and Jean Wunderlich for Defendants and Respondents.


PEEK, J.

This is an appeal by plaintiff Thelma Meyer from a judgment of nonsuit in a wrongful death action following the fatal injury of her 16 year-old son, Henry Carl Meyer, Jr., who died shortly after an automobile in which Henry had been riding was involved in a collision.

[1] At the outset it must be remembered that a nonsuit may be granted "... `only when, disregarding conflicting evidence and giving to plaintiff's evidence all the value...

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