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MARK v. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO.

Docket No. S.F. 22846.

7 Cal.3d 170 (1972)

496 P.2d 1276

101 Cal. Rptr. 908

TAU FAH MARK et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charles O. Morgan, Jr., and Morgan & Moscone for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Thomas M. O'Connor, City Attorney, Edward J. Nevin and Michael C. Killelea, Deputy City Attorneys, Richard H. Peterson, Noel Kelly, Bacon, Stone, O'Brien & Hammond, W.C. Bacon and W.F. Stone for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BURKE, J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of nonsuit entered by the San Francisco Superior Court at the close of plaintiffs' case in a wrongful death action. Plaintiffs' decedent, Calvin Mark, was electrocuted while attempting to remove or unscrew a light bulb from a street lamp located outside his apartment bedroom window. Plaintiffs sued, under various theories of liability, Calvin...

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