Legal Opinion
Mertes v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 25, 1962No. Civ. 25840PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFord, J.
In an action to recover for personal injuries the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The trial court granted the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. The appeal is from that order. It is the defendant’s contention that there was no evidence sufficient to support a verdict for the plaintiff.
The action arose out of an accident which occurred on October 10, 1957, in the vicinity of the Permanente Cement Company plant at Cushenbury, California. The plaintiff was an employee of Permanente and was loading dry cement…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Dillard v. McKnightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Brooks v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Johnson v. NicholsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
- Tucker v. LombardoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. v. EwanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Ellison v. Shell Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Bergman v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1982
- Runyan v. SemmensCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
- Hogan v. RichardsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1963
- Charles v. Shell Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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