SORENSEN v. ALLRED

Docket No. 4185.

112 Cal.App.3d 717 (1980)

169 Cal. Rptr. 441

JESSIE SORENSEN et al., Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents, v. WILBURN EVERETT ALLRED, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

November 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Coyle & Wayte, Wade M. Hansard and Lowell T. Carruth for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Hoberg, Finger, Brown, Carlson, Cox & Molligan and Richard H. Carlson for Plaintiffs, Cross-defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

THOMPSON, J.*

Appellant-defendant appeals a judgment rendered against him after a jury trial in an action arising out of an automobile accident. Both wilful misconduct on the part of defendant and contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff Jessie Sorensen were pled and the issues were tried in the light of the doctrine of comparative negligence adopted in Li v. Yellow Cab Co.

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