SOLGAARD v. GUY F. ATKINSON CO.

Docket No. S.F. 22825.

6 Cal.3d 361 (1971)

491 P.2d 821

99 Cal. Rptr. 29

A.L. SOLGAARD, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GUY F. ATKINSON COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William J. Connolly and Jay R. Mayhall for Defendant and Appellant.

Walkup, Downing, Sterns & Poore, D. Oliver Germino and William B. Boone for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BURKE, J.

Defendant, a building contractor appeals from a judgment entered by the Merced County Superior Court following a jury verdict in plaintiff's favor for $78,212 in a personal injury action. The principal issue involved in this case is the applicability of the so-called "rescue doctrine" to plaintiff, a medical doctor injured while attempting to reach and treat two of defendant's employees trapped in a landslide at...

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