Legal Opinion
Martindale v. City of Mountain View
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 2, 1962No. Civ. 19593PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAgee, J.
This is a wrongful death action brought by the widow and minor children of the decedent, who was killed when he drove a pickup truck over a railroad crossing and was struck by a train. Decedent’s brother is a eoplaintiff, seeking damages for the truck.
The defendants are the City of Mountain View, within whose confines the crossing is located, the Southern Pacific Company and the engineer who was operating its train, and Wilder & J ones, a corporation, the general contractor on sewer construction work for the city.
The appeal is from a judgment entered upon a unanimous jury verdict in favor of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Laird v. T. W. Mather, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1958
- Gilbert v. Pessin Grocery Co.California Court of Appeal · 1955
- Jensen v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1954
- Wilkerson v. City of El MonteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
- Hogan v. MillerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Kopfinger v. Grand Central Public MarketCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
- Hilts v. County of SolanoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
- Salas v. Department of TransportationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
- Wolfe v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1966
- Hendricks v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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