Legal Opinion

Silvester v. Scanlan

California Court of Appeal

Decided December 29, 1933No. Docket No. 8834PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

Action for damages for personal injuries. A verdict was rendered for plaintiff in the sum of $12,500. A motion for a new trial was made and denied. From the judgment entered on the verdict this appeal is taken.

The facts surrounding the case are without- dispute. On May 29, 1929, plaintiff was walking on the sidewalk on Washington Street, in Oakland, in front of a building owned by defendants Agnes E. McMullen, Ida O. Jones and G. H. Jones. The building was being painted by defendants Scanlan and Miller. At this time a portion of the gutter was dislodged from the roof by one of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Cordiner v. Los Angeles Traction Co.California Court of Appeal · 1907

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Marilyn Miller v. Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., and Atlas Hotels, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  2. Bellman v. San Francisco High School DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Matthews v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1942
  4. Paolini v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
  5. Sherman v. FrankCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1944

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