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TAYLOR v. UNION PAC. R.R. CORP.

Docket No. L.A. 30531.

16 Cal.3d 893 (1976)

549 P.2d 855

130 Cal. Rptr. 23

LYNN TAYLOR, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 13, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Berman, Hanover & Schneider, Schermer & Rand and Martin M. Berman for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Merrill K. Albert, Kirtland & Packard, Jacques E. Soiret and Robert E. Moore, Jr., for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

In this personal injury action appeal, we consider whether plaintiffs were improperly denied their right to a trial by jury. As will appear, we have concluded that, under the particular facts in this case, plaintiffs waived their right to a jury trial. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 631, subd. 8.)

Plaintiff minors, through their guardians ad litem, brought this...

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