REICH v. PURCELL

Docket No. L.A. 28903.

67 Cal.2d 551 (1967)

432 P.2d 727

63 Cal. Rptr. 31

LEE REICH, Individually and as Administrator, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JOSEPH PURCELL, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irell & Manella, Charles H. Phillips, Richard H. Borow and J. Gordon Hansen for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John R. Allport for Defendant and Respondent.


TRAYNOR, C.J.

This wrongful death action arose out of a head-on collision of two automobiles in Missouri. One of the automobiles was owned and operated by defendant Joseph Purcell, a resident and domiciliary of California who was on his way to a vacation in Illinois. The other automobile was owned and operated by Mrs. Reich, the wife of plaintiff Lee Reich. The Reichs then resided in Ohio and Mrs. Reich and the Reichs' two children, Jay and Jeffry, were on their way...

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