Dominguez v. Galindo

This is an appeal from a judgment for $10,000 awarded to respondent (plaintiff below) as special administrator of the Estate of Louis Valdez Bravo in a wrongful death action brought on behalf of the decedent’s widow and children.

On July 1, 1950, Bravo was riding on the bed of a truck owned and being driven by appellant Galindo. Bravo was then a business invitee of appellant. The truck bed left its fastenings and fell off, throwing Bravo on to the highway and causing injuries from which he died. On January 5, 1951, a petition was filed for letters of administration of Bravo’s estate, which…