Legal Opinion
Gerhart v. Southern California Gas Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 30, 1942No. Civ. 2975PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffin, J.
This action is one in which the plaintiff and respondent sought damages, both general and special, for personal injuries sustained in a gas explosion. Appellant seeks reversal of the judgment principally upon the ground that the trial court erred in applying the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
Respondent was an apprentice plumber employed by the county of San Bernardino. He and his superior, one Tully, also employed by San Bernardino County, were delegated to do the necessary plumbing work incident to the installation of a new courthouse heating system and relocation of gas piping on the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Searles v. . Manhattan Railway CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Judson v. Giant Powder Co.California Supreme Court · 1895
- Olson v. Whitthorne & SwanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- Hilson v. Pacific & Gas Electric Co.California Court of Appeal · 1933
- Van Horn v. Pacific Refining & Roofing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1915
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Woodworkers Tool Works v. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Honea v. City Dairy, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1943
- Finley v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1952
- Prunty v. AllredCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
- Larson v. St. Francis HotelCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
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