Legal Opinion
Hagy v. Allied Chemical & Dye Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 31, 1953No. Civ. 15094PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodell, J.
This appeal was taken from a judgment in favor of Katherine Hagy for $25,000, and her husband Russell Hagy for $5,000, after a new trial was denied.
Appellant Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation owns and operates a plant in Richmond, California, wherein it manufactures sulphuric acid. Appellants Compton and Hicken were joined as its employees.
Respondents sued for personal injuries claimed to have been sustained by both of them because of the negligent operation of Allied’s plant on December 21, 1949. Respondents’ theory is that Mrs. Hagy then had a cancer of the larynx, and her husband had a…
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