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KOWALSKI v. SHELL OIL CO.

Docket No. S.F. 23858.

23 Cal.3d 168 (1979)

588 P.2d 811

151 Cal. Rptr. 671

THOMAS L. KOWALSKI, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Patrick M. Hyde, Hyde, Lucke & Brewer, Harry A. Allen and William B. Boone for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert E. Cartwright, Edward I. Pollock, Leroy Hersh, Stephen I. Zetterberg, Robert G. Beloud, Arne Werchick, William P. Camusi, Ralph Drayton and Leonard Sacks as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

David O. Larson, Moore, Rode, Clifford, Wolfe & Larson, Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner and Cyril Viadro for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Plaintiff, Thomas L. Kowalski, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of defendant, Shell Oil Company, in an action for personal injuries. Following trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff but the trial court granted Shell's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. This court must decide whether there was substantial evidence to support the jury's finding that plaintiff was not Shell Oil...

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