SMELTZLEY v. NICHOLSON MFG. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 23486.

18 Cal.3d 932 (1977)

559 P.2d 624

136 Cal. Rptr. 269

LARRY SMELTZLEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. NICHOLSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Eugene C. Treaster and David P. Mastagni for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Memering, Stumbos, DeMers, Ford & Norris, John D. Stumbos, Jr., John R. Toy and Roberta Lee Franklin for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, Acting C.J.

Plaintiff's original complaint alleged injuries caused by his employers' failure to provide him a safe place to work; his amended complaint, filed after the statute of limitations had run, added a cause of action alleging that his injuries resulted from a defective machine manufactured by defendant Nicholson Manufacturing Company (hereinafter Nicholson). The trial court sustained Nicholson's demurrer...

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