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MUFFETT v. ROYSTER

Docket No. 65781.

147 Cal.App.3d 289 (1983)

195 Cal. Rptr. 73

DIANE MUFFETT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SILAS ROYSTER et al., Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants; THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

September 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kiernan & Finnegan, B. James Finnegan and Matthew J. Cohen for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Popelka, Allard, McCowan & Jones, James C. Jones, Jr., and Michael G. Ackerman for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Appellants.

Robert F. Carlson, Joseph A. Montoya, Robert L. Meyer, Beverly I. Saltz and Michael J. Gittleman for Cross-defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

KINGSLEY, Acting P.J.

Plaintiffs sued defendants Silas Royster, San Francisco Royster Trucking Company, Philip Harmon, and other defendants for damages for the wrongful death of Melvin Muffett.

Defendants Royster and the Royster Trucking Company answered with a general denial and the affirmative defense of contributory negligence. Defendants' amended answer added the bar of Labor Code section 3601, alleging worker...

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