Bedford v. Re

Opinion

THE COURT.

Linda Bedford by her guardian ad litem appeals from a judgment for defendants in a personal injury action.1

Defendant, a truck driver at construction projects, became interested in masonry. When he moved into a new house in San Jose he planned to landscape the house’s then-naked front yard, both to improve its appearance and to provide an area in which his wife could display her floral arrangements. Using the advice of people he met at work, he constructed several planter boxes out of concrete and brick. One of these boxes was adjacent to a wall of the house, and defendant…