WALLER v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Docket No. Sac. 7793.

66 Cal.2d 201 (1967)

424 P.2d 937

57 Cal. Rptr. 353

JOHN F. WALLER, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diepenbrock, Wulff & Plant and Robert R. Wulff for Defendant and Appellant.

Colley & McGhee and Nathaniel S. Colley for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered on a jury verdict in a personal injury action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (hereinafter called F.E.L.A.).

Defendant maintains that the evidence is insufficient to justify the conclusion either that defendant was negligent or that its negligence played any role in aggravating plaintiff's preexisting condition; that hypothetical questions propounded to plaintiff's...

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