ROBERTS v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES

Docket No. 10675.

225 Cal.App.2d 344 (1964)

37 Cal. Rptr. 291

JOHN ROBERTS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

March 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lally, Martin & Luce and Thomas W. Martin for Plaintiff and Appellant.

McLaughlin & Russell and Jerome M. McLaughlin for Defendant and Respondent.


FRIEDMAN, J.

Plaintiff, a passenger on a scheduled plane flight, sues the airline as the result of a landing accident. He appeals after a defense verdict and denial of his motion for new trial.

At the trial plaintiff relied upon the inference of negligence drawn from the res ipsa loquitur doctrine, particularly as expressed in passenger actions against carriers. The airline produced evidence designed to show exercise of care on its part and to establish a...

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