Writ denied. On the facts found, the result is correct.
BARHAM, J., concurs in the writ denial. I would reinstate the "pure" last clear chance doctrine which applies when a defendant who has been negligent discovers timely the situation of a negligent plaintiff which a reasonable man could respond to in a manner to avert the accident. Forty eight states follow this doctrine. The forty-ninth state applies the "humanitarian doctrine" to "dangerous" instrumentalities...
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