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PRICE v. SHELL OIL CO.

Docket No. S.F. 22694.

2 Cal.3d 245 (1970)

466 P.2d 722

85 Cal. Rptr. 178

MERTON PRICE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; FLYING TIGER LINE, INC., Cross-defendant and Respondent; PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervener and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

O'Connor, Cohn & Lynch, O'Connor, Moran, Cohn & Lynch and Cyril Viadro for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Werchick & Werchick, Arne Werchick and Jack H. Werchick for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Bledsoe, Smith, Cathcart, Johnson & Rogers and Robert A. Seligson for Cross-defendant and Respondent.

No appearance for Intervener and Respondent.

OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

We hold in this case that the doctrine of strict liability in tort which we have heretofore made applicable to sellers of personal property is also applicable to bailors and lessors of such property. As appears infra, we find substantial evidence in the record that the lessor in the present matter falls within the reach of the doctrine. We therefore affirm the judgment entered on the verdicts in favor of...

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