Garcia v. Halsett

Opinion

CALDECOTT, J.

The plaintiffs appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant following a jury trial.

On July 19, 1962, the appellant, Arthur Garcia, an 11-year-old boy, was injured in respondent’s Happy Coin Launderette in San Jose. Respondent had owned the business since 1959. Launderette Sales designed the store layout and sold and installed all of the equipment. Respondent had nothing to do with the design of the store or with installation of the equipment. The facilities of the launderette included four rows of coin-operated washing machines. The machines were Philco-Bendix,…