CROSS v. PACIFIC GAS & ELEC. CO.

Docket No. Sac. 7500.

60 Cal.2d 690 (1964)

388 P.2d 353

36 Cal. Rptr. 321

JOHN D. CROSS et al., Minors, etc., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 28, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Carlton, Ira M. Shadwell and Richard J. Asbill for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Richard H. Peterson, R.A. Raftery, David R. Fuller, John B. Gibson and Carr & Kennedy for Defendant and Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of dismissal, predicated upon the sustaining of a demurrer to their complaint in an action to recover damages for the wrongful death of their father.

Facts: The complaint alleged that in February 1956 George Cross was electrocuted as the result of a contact with an electrical line maintained by defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company (hereinafter referred to as "defendant"). He was survived by his widow...

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