Traxler v. Thompson

Opinion

PIERCE, P. J.

Defendant administratrix of the estates of plaintiff’s wife Doris and his stepson Dwight Clinton, appeals from a $50,000 judgment for plaintiff after a jury trial in his action for the wrongful death of his four natural children. The four children, ages 2, 5, 7 and 8, and their mother were among nine ocupants of a 1962 Rambler station wagon killed when the car veered off an elevated portion of U. S. Highway 99 near Merced and plunged into a field some 40 feet below. The other occupants of the car were Mrs. Traxler’s three teenage children from a previous marriage and her…