NEWING v. CHEATHAM

Docket No. L.A. 30394.

15 Cal.3d 351 (1975)

540 P.2d 33

124 Cal. Rptr. 193

KANDIE NEWING, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. STEVEN EUGENE CHEATHAM, as Administrator, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, C. Douglas Alford, James K. Eckmann and William M. Schindler for Defendant and Appellant.

Ned Good for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

In this action for damages for wrongful death arising out of the crash of a private airplane, defendant Steven Eugene Cheatham as administrator of the estate of Harold Cheatham (hereafter Cheatham) deceased appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs and against decedent's estate in the sum of $125,000. Plaintiffs are the surviving wife...

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