WISE v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 22686.

1 Cal.3d 600 (1970)

463 P.2d 426

83 Cal. Rptr. 202

WAYNE E. WISE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 20, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William R. Denton and W.A. Gregory for Defendant and Appellant.

Perkins, Carr & Anderson, Leo Fried and Thomas C. Perkins for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Bodle, Fogel, Julber & Reinhardt, George E. Bodle, Daniel Fogel, Stephen Reinhardt, Loren R. Rothschild and James H. Webster as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

In this action for wrongful discharge from employment plaintiff recovered judgment, and defendant railroad company appeals. As will appear, we have concluded that defendant failed to establish its asserted ground for discharging plaintiff, that no other error has been shown, and that the judgment should be affirmed.

Plaintiff entered defendant's employ in 1936. In...

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