Campbell v. City of Los Angeles

From a judgment in favor of plaintiff after

trial before a jury in an action to recover damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s son defendant appeals.

The essential facts are:

August 27, 1936, plaintiff and his wife took their three minor sons to a section of Griffith Park located near the northerly bank of the Los Angeles River in the city of Los Angeles. Their son Howard (the deceased) with his two brothers went to play in an excavation which had been made by the United States government in connection with certain work being done for the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. While…