Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 2, 1953No. Civ. 15154PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, J. pro tem.
This appeal is from a judgment of nonsuit entered upon the opening statement of plaintiffs’ counsel to the jury.
The action is for damages for personal injuries which plaintiff alleges he sustained because the Pacific Gas and Electric Company ‘‘ carelessly and negligently managed, maintained and controlled” electric wires from their pole to 4720 Mead Street in the city of Richmond, California. It is alleged by the plaintiff that the insulation on said electric wires was allowed to become deteriorated and put in such a state of disrepair that when he grasped them the…
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