Heavy Duty Truck Leasing, Inc. v. Superior Court

Opinion

WELLS, J.*

This is a petition for writ of mandate and writ of prohibition to respondent court to vacate its order declaring a mistrial and order respondent clerk to enter judgment on the jury verdict; to respondent clerk to enter such judgment; and prohibiting retrial. We herein grant a writ of mandate vacating said order and ordering judgment on said verdict.

Real parties in interest Orlo M. and Fay Tyler, husband and wife, sued petitioner and other defendants in respondent Los Angeles Superior Court claiming damages from an accident between a car driven by Orlo and a 1960 truck owned…