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PIKE v. FRANK G. HOUGH CO.

Docket No. Sac. 7851.

2 Cal.3d 465 (1970)

467 P.2d 229

85 Cal. Rptr. 629

ROBERT W. PIKE, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FRANK G. HOUGH COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 17, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein, P.M. Barceloux, Burton J. Goldstein, Albert E. Levy and Ralph Golub for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Edward I. Pollock, Robert E. Cartwright, Theodore A. Horn, Marvin E. Lewis, William H. Lally, Ned Good and Leonard Sacks as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Rich, Fuidge, Dawson, Marsh & Morris and Dennis C. Noonan for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

MOSK, Acting C.J.

On July 15, 1964, at 3:10 a.m., Robert Pike was killed when he was struck by a Hough Model D-500 Paydozer, which was being used in the construction of the Oroville Dam. Pike was working the night shift as a "spotter" for Oro-Dam Constructors, and his assignment was to direct dump trucks in the area in which dumped fill was to be spread and tamped down by the paydozer. On the morning of the accident, the men...

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