Legal Opinion
Nicholson v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1936No. L. A. 15601PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant City of Los Angeles from a judgment awarding the plaintiff damages in the sum of $1800 for injuries sustained when she slipped and fell on a public sidewalk. The defendant Wyatt, the owner of the property, in front of which the plaintiff met with her accident, received a judgment of nonsuit and is not involved in this appeal.
The accident occurred at approximately 10 o’clock in the morning on January 19, 1934. The sidewalk on Second Avenue had cracked at one of the joints between the panels. One block had tilted up so that there was a difference m grade at…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by64 opinions
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- Palmer v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
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