COFFEE v. McDONNELL-DOUGLAS CORP.

Docket No. L.A. 30024.

8 Cal.3d 551 (1972)

503 P.2d 1366

105 Cal. Rptr. 358

ROBERT D. COFFEE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. McDONNELL-DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant; ALAN GRAY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 22, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Young & Young, W. Herbert Young and Walter H. Young for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Haight, Lyon & Smith, Michael J. Bonesteel and Henry F. Walker for Defendant and Appellant and for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

In this action for damages for personal injuries defendant McDonnell-Douglas Corporation1 appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and from an order denying defendant's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

Plaintiff Robert Coffee, after retiring from the United States Air Force in January 1966, applied for a position as a pilot...

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