GASTELUM v. CITY OF TORRANCE

Docket No. 34129.

2 Cal.App.3d 582 (1969)

82 Cal. Rptr. 732

MARIA ADELA GASTELUM et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF TORRANCE et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

December 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Howard W. Shelton, McBain & Morgan, Angus C. McBain and Kermit J. Morgan for Defendants and Appellants.

Richards, Watson & Hemmerling, Robert L. Hitchcock, and Manuel Hidalgo for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

THOMPSON, J.

This appeal reaches us on an agreed statement of facts.1 A jury awarded respondents damages in the amount of $290,000 for the wrongful death of Alvarado. The decedent, while working within the scope of his employment, was killed in an accident resulting from the concurrent negligence of appellants and his employer. Prior to trial, respondents were awarded death benefits and burial...

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