Legal Opinion

Obrien v. Fong Wan

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 4, 1960No. Civ. 18703PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtShoemaker, J.

Plaintiff Nellie F. Obrien brought this action for personal injuries received in a fall down a flight of stairs. This is an appeal by her from judgments granting nonsuits to the defendants Richard R. Fong, Edward E. Fong, Grodins of California and Y. Saito. The action as to defendant Fong Wan was dismissed by plaintiff before trial.

Since we are charged in this case with determining whether the granting of the nonsuits was proper we have viewed the evidence in accordance with the rule that an appellate court must resolve every conflict in the testimony in favor of the plaintiff, consider every…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Oettinger v. StewartCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
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  3. Hayes v. Richfield Oil Corp.California Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Shanley v. American Olive Co.California Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Mautino v. Sutter Hospital Assn.California Supreme Court · 1931

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3Cited by1 opinion

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