FARMER v. UNION OIL CO.

Docket No. 3253.

75 Cal.App.3d 42 (1977)

141 Cal. Rptr. 848

BILL FARMER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. UNION OIL COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent; STATE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION, Intervener and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ferrari & Cole, Angelo L. Ferrari and Thomas J. Tusan for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

T. Groezinger, James J. Vonk, George S. Bjornsen and Michael Bauernfeind for Intervener and Appellant.

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Coyle & Wayte, Dudley W. Sheppard and Stephen J. Kane for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

FRANSON, J.

We review the propriety of the trial court's order sustaining without leave to amend a general demurrer to appellants' complaint for personal injuries on the ground that appellants' action is barred by the "fireman's rule." This rule provides that a paid fireman has no cause of action against one whose negligence caused the fire in which he was injured. (Giorgi...

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