McNeil v. Yellow Cab Co. of Lancaster & Palmdale

Opinion

COBEY, Acting P. J.

Plaintiff, Chester N. McNeil, appeals, following trial to the court, from a judgment for defendants, Yellow Cab Company of Lancaster and Palmdale and Arthur Calvin Scharf, in his action against them for damages for personal injuries. The appeal lies. (Code Civ. Proc., § 904.1, subd. (a).)

At the conclusion of the first phase of a bifurcated trial (the liability phase, see Code Civ. Proc., § 598), the trial court found that a taxicab, owned by Yellow Cab Company (a corporation), and operated by Scharf, in the course and scope of his employment by Yellow Cab, in which…