Graeber v. Derwin
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, County of Solano. The plaintiff' recovered judgment, and the defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Niles, J.:
This was an action for damages for personal injuries occasioned by the fall of an awning, in process of erection in front of the store of defendant.
Upon the question of the measure of damages the Court instructed the jury that if they should find for the plaintiff, “ they should allow him as damages the value of his time during the period that he was disabled from following his avocations; also, should take into consideration the sums actually paid out, if any, for his board and expenses,” etc.
The plaintiff was, no doubt, entitled to compensation for the value of his…
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