KASTNER v. LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Docket No. L.A. 28382.

63 Cal.2d 52 (1965)

403 P.2d 385

45 Cal. Rptr. 129

MAGDALENA KASTNER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Olson, Harry M. Hunt and Victor Rosenblatt for Defendants and Appellants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and G. Edward Fitzgerald for Plaintiff and Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

Defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff, after trial before a jury, in an action to recover damages for wrongful death.

Facts: Plaintiff is the widow of Paul Kastner, who died as the result of injuries sustained in a bus-pedestrian accident on January 5, 1959, at approximately 10 p.m., at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Florence Avenue in the City of Los Angeles.

At the time of the accident, defendant Neal...

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