HRNJAK v. GRAYMAR, INC.

Docket No. L.A. 29796.

4 Cal.3d 725 (1971)

484 P.2d 599

94 Cal. Rptr. 623

BOZIDAR HRNJAK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GRAYMAR, INCORPORATED et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Milan Moacanin for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert E. Cartwright, Edward I. Pollock, Theodore A. Horn, Marvin E. Lewis, William H. Lally, Thomas T. Anderson, Joseph W. Cotchett and Leonard Sacks as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hagenbaugh, Murphy & Davies, John Davies, Spray, Gould & Bowers, John J. Costanzo and Henry F. Walker for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rendered on a verdict in his favor in the amount of $6,100 in an action for personal injuries against defendants. We consider under what circumstances a defendant in a tort action may introduce evidence of plaintiff's receipt of collateral source benefits for the purpose of establishing that plaintiff had a motive for feigning injury and...

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