Dodds v. Stellar

30 Cal.2d 496 (1947)

HAROLD DODDS, Appellant,

v.

ROBERT WOODLEY STELLAR et al., Defendants; LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

L. A. No. 20067.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 31, 1947.

Hahn, Ross & Phillip W. Silver for Appellant.

Lyndol L. Young for Respondent.

Leonard, Hanna & Brophy as Amicus Curi', on behalf of Respondent.

SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff appeals from certain orders made in ancillary proceedings in his malpractice action and affecting the distribution of the proceeds of recovery by (1) granting the claimant "expenditures for compensation" and (2) denying…