Heffron v. Los Angeles Transit Lines

Appellants sued to recover damages for the death of their 12-year-old son who was killed when; in some unexplained manner, he came into contact with a bus owned and operated by respondent Los Angeles Transit Lines. The trial court made findings of fact which included a finding that the operator of the bus was not negligent at the time and place of the accident, i.e., “. . . that at the said time and place the said bus . . . was operated in a careful and prudent manner ...”

Appellants concede the sufficiency of the evidence to support the quoted finding, but on their appeal from the judgment…