CANIFAX v. HERCULES POWDER CO.

Docket Nos. 10943, 10944, 10945, 10946, 10947.

237 Cal.App.2d 44 (1965)

46 Cal. Rptr. 552

ANDREW B. CANIFAX, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. FRANK SHIPE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. JOAN GOOD, Individually and as Guardian ad Litem, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. DOROTHY ZUREK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. VICTORIA ARNOLD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents. (Consolidated Appeals.)

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein, P.M. Barceloux, Burton J. Goldstein and Albert E. Levy for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, John B. Bates, Noble K. Gregory, Knox, Goforth & Ricksen, Ricksen, Snook & Vendt, John C. Ricksen and W. Sayer Snook, Jr., for Defendants and Respondents.


PIERCE, J.

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