GREY v. FIBREBOARD PAPER PRODUCTS CO.

Docket No. L.A. 28929.

65 Cal.2d 240 (1966)

418 P.2d 153

53 Cal. Rptr. 545

BERT F. GREY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FIBREBOARD PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betts & Loomis and Richard B. Castle for Defendant and Appellant.

Edward E. Everly and James G. Butler for Plaintiff and Respondent.


PEEK, J.

Plaintiff was injured when, as a machinist engaged to repair defendant's paper cutting machine, his hand and lower arm were caught between the machine's rollers and severely injured. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The sole question presented is whether it was error, under the circumstances, to refuse to instruct the jury on the doctrine of assumption of the risk involved.

Evidence was adduced at trial to...

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