Adams v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.

Opinion

FRIEDMAN, J.

On April 28, 1973, a trainload of military bombs carried by a Southern Pacific freight train detonated in the railroad’s freight yards at Roseville. A series of violent explosions occurred, causing damage throughout the neighborhood. Twenty-four plaintiffs *39filed this damage action against Southern Pacific Transportation Company, the State of California and the Counties of Placer and Sacramento, alleging that plaintiffs had been employed by the Los Angeles ByProducts Company, whose plant was destroyed by the explosion; that plaintiffs had thus lost employment and wages; that…