KEENA v. SCALES

Docket No. S.F. 21560.

61 Cal.2d 779 (1964)

394 P.2d 809

40 Cal. Rptr. 65

MAURICE J. KEENA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. FRANK J. SCALES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 31, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland & Teerlink and Edward J. Niland for Plaintiff and Appellant.

John P. Whitney and Osborne Becklund for Defendant and Respondent.


PEEK, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment for defendant in an action for personal injuries arising out of a fall from a chair on which plaintiff sat while conducting a business transaction in defendant's office.

The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the trial court committed prejudicial error in failing to give plaintiff's proffered instruction on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.

Defendant made certain repairs to plaintiff's automobile...

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