DUFF v. HARRAH SOUTH SHORE CORP.

Docket No. 14836.

52 Cal.App.3d 803 (1975)

125 Cal. Rptr. 259

PHYLLIS A. DUFF et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HARRAH SOUTH SHORE CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

November 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James E. Kassis for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Hardy, Erich & Brown, Leo H. Schuering, Jr., Maloney, Chase, Fisher & Hurst, Charles Negley, Fitzwilliam, Memering, Stumbos & DeMers and Donald Person and Gary L. Hall for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

PARAS, J.

This wrongful death action is brought by the surviving wife and son of Robert Duff, who committed suicide after losing money at the Nevada gambling casinos owned by defendants. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing the complaint after demurrers to the first amended complaint were sustained without leave to amend.

The first amended complaint alleges that in 1967 "plaintiff, PHYLLIS DUFF and decedent...

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