Torres v. City of Los Angeles

Defendant, City of Los Angeles in two consolidated actions, appeals from judgments for personal injuries and a wrongful death caused by one of defendant’s fire engines after it had collided at an intersection with another of defendant’s fire engines while both were answering the same alarm.

The collision occurred at the intersection of San Pedro and Jefferson Streets on June 1, 1958. Engines Nos. 14 and 22 were following prearranged routes in response to an alarm turned in from a box located at 32d and Trinity Streets. These routes are set forth in the rules and regulations of the fire…