Legal Opinion
Newing v. Cheatham
California Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 1975No. L.A. 30394PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SULLIVAN, J.
In this action for damages for wrongful death arising out of the crash of a private airplane, defendant Steven Eugene Cheatham as administrator of the estate of Harold Cheatham (hereafter Cheatham) deceased appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs and against decedent’s estate in the sum of $125,000. Plaintiffs are the surviving wife and children of Richard Newing, an occupant of the plane who died in the crash. Defendant’s decedent who also died in the crash was the owner and pilot of the plane.
About 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 25, 1970,…
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