Legal Opinion
De Cruz v. Reid
California Supreme Court
Decided August 19, 1968No. L. A. No. 29558PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
In this action for wrongful death brought, by the widow and three minor children of an agricultural worker, defendants David Wallace Beid and Don Dale appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs in the sum of $40,000.
*220Decedent was employed on the Kitigawa Ranch as a “pusher” or “straw boss.” Kitigawa ordered fertilizer from a chemical company which contracted with defendant Dale to haul it to the ranch. On April 9, 1964, defendant Reid, an employee of Dale, drove the latter’s equipment to the chemical company, picked up a load of fertilizer, and left to deliver…
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