Rodriquez v. Lompoc Truck Co.

Plaintiffs, two injured and the heirs of one killed in a collision with defendants’ truck, appeal from judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendants. The issues relate primarily to certain instructions.

We construe the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom most strongly in favor of respondents. (Grainger v. Antoyan, 48 Cal.2d 805 [313 P.2d 848]; Juchert v. California Water Service Co., 16 Cal.2d 500 [106 P.2d 886].) Plaintiffs were passengers in a 1951 Cadillac driven by Earl Sievers, not a party herein. None of the plaintiffs testified concerning the collision; they…