Pineda v. Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc.

Opinion

KAUS, P. J.

Appellants, the family of decedent Alvaro Pineda, appeal from a judgment in favor of the Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc. (Santa Anita), and McHal Enterprises, Inc. (McHal), rendered in plaintiffs’ wrongful death action. McHal cross-appeals from the trial court’s order granting plaintiffs’ motion to tax costs.

Alvaro Pineda, a leading jockey, was killed in an accident which occurred in stall 8 of the starting gate at Santa Anita racetrack before the start of the fourth race on January 18, 1975. Pineda was mounted on a horse named Austin Mittler. While in the starting gate, the…