Lacy v. Pacific Gas Electric Co.

After a re-examination of the authorities applicable to the legal issues involved in this cause, we find ourselves in accord with the opinion of the District Court of Appeal handed down by said court when this action was pending therein. The queston concerning which we were in doubt when we granted a hearing herein was whether the appellate court had properly applied the doctrine of proximate cause to the facts in this case, where the defendant was held liable for injuries sustained by plaintiff by reason of the negligence of Gage in driving his automobile over the power line pole which the…