McQUILLAN v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Docket No. 33115.

40 Cal.App.3d 802 (1974)

115 Cal. Rptr. 418

ANNA ELIZABETH McQUILLAN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

July 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John J. Corrigan and Douglas E. Stephenson for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Elizabeth Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, and Asher Rubin, Deputy Attorney General, for Intervener and Appellant.

No appearance for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

MOLINARI, P.J.

Richard McQuillan, an employee of the Division of Highways of the State of California, was killed while in the course of his employment when he was struck by a Southern Pacific Company train. His widow and minor children (hereinafter "the survivors") sued the Southern Pacific Company (hereinafter "Southern Pacific") for damages for wrongful death and recovered a judgment in the sum of $260,000. By special verdict...

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