Dixon v. Pluns
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGaroutte, J.
—Respondent, while walking upon the sidewalk of Larkin Street, in the city of San Francisco, was struck *385upon the head and quite seriously injured by a chisel that fell from a scaffolding above, upon which one of appellant’s employees was standing while engaged in affixing a cornice to the building. Damages were recovered in the lower court, and the appeal is from the judgment and an order denying a new trial. This case was decided in Department, and the judgment and order reversed upon the ground that the verdict was arrived at by chance. The question involved being an important one, and…
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