DOUGLAS v. E. & J. GALLO WINERY

Docket No. 2804.

69 Cal.App.3d 103 (1977)

137 Cal. Rptr. 797

JAMES EDWARD DOUGLAS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E. & J. GALLO WINERY, Defendant and Respondent. THOMAS P. MITCHELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. E. & J. GALLO WINERY, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

April 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Coyle & Wayte, Lowell T. Carruth and James P. Wagoner for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Parichan, Renberg & Crossman and Murray M. Aron for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

HOPPER, J.

(1a) The main issue presented in this appeal is the liability (other than under workers' compensation) of an employer to his employee for injuries incurred in the course of employment in the use of a product which is also manufactured and sold to the public by the employer.

Appellants, employees of respondent, filed separate identical complaints against E. Gallo, J. Gallo, J.P. Jones and Does...

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