Legal Opinion
Pike v. Frank G. Hough Co.
California Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1970No. Sac. 7851PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, Acting C. J.
On July 15, 1964, at 3:10 a.m., Robert Pike was killed when he was struck by a Hough Model D-500 Paydozer, which was being used in the construction of the Oroville Dam. Pike was working the night shift as a “spotter” for Oro-Dam Constructors, and his assignment was to direct dump trucks in the area in which dumped fill was to be spread and tamped down by the paydozer. On the morning of the accident, the men were filling in a corner of the dam surface, and in doing so it was necessary for the paydozer to go forward and then backward within a short distance to…
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