Lawyer v. Los Angeles Pacific Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los . Angeles County and from an order refusing a new trial. Gavin W. Craig, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. J. W. McKinley, R. C. Gortner, Frank Karr, Gurney E. Newlin, and W. R. Millar, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of defendant’s negligence.
Judgment for plaintiff was entered in accordance with the verdict of a jury. Defendant appeals from the judgment, and from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
Defendant concedes that it was negligent, bút as a defense alleges that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence, without which the collision wherein he received the injuries would not have occurred. The court instructed the jury to the effect that, if plaintiff was guilty of negligence which, together with…
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