GIORGI v. PACIFIC GAS & ELEC. CO.

Docket No. 24726.

266 Cal.App.2d 355 (1968)

72 Cal. Rptr. 119

VIRGINIA M. GIORGI et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. [And 6 other cases.]

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

October 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Peterson, Richard A. Rafferty, Robert Ohlbach, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and John S. Howell for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, R.H. Connett and William A. Mayhew, Deputy Attorneys General, W.K. Stewart, Howell, Elson & Grogan, Henry M. Elson, Glickman & Nicholas, Ben M. Kochman, Nichols, Williams, Morgan, Digardi & Brookman and Eugene Morgan for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


DRAPER, P.J.

Seven actions, four for wrongful death, two for bodily injury and one by the state for fire suppression costs (Health & Saf. Code, § 13009) were consolidated for trial and appeal. All plaintiffs had judgment, and defendant appeals.

The actions arise out of a fire which occurred in the Sierra National Forest in Mariposa County. Both federal and state fire suppression personnel were summoned. All six individuals killed or injured in fighting...

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