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MITCHELL v. HIZER

Docket No. 39511.

73 Cal.App.3d 499 (1977)

140 Cal. Rptr. 790

EDWARD MITCHELL, JR., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ED HIZER et al., Defendants and Respondents. VALERIE L. ROBBINS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ED HIZER et al., Defendants and Respondents; ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, Intervener and Respondent. ROBERT ROBBINS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ED HIZER et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

September 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Seymour L. Ellison, Francis B. Mathews, David J. Crane, Robert McClain and Robert Partridge for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Mitchell, Dedekam & Angell, Clifford B. Mitchell and Clayton R. Janssen for Defendants and Respondents.

No appearance for Intervener and Respondent.

OPINION

GOOD, J.*

Following the death of John Robbins and serious injuries to Edward Mitchell, Jr., in a single accident, two tort actions were filed against Humboldt Fir Company and three of its employees. Consolidation was ordered as well as bifurcation of trial on issues of liability and damages. At the conclusion of the liability phase, the court, sitting without a jury, found that negligence of the...

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