Wardrop v. City of Manhattan Beach

Plaintiffs instituted this action against defendants to recover damages for crippling injuries sustained by minor plaintiff Eva Jane Wardrop, in contracting bulbar poliomyelitis from fecally contaminated waters allegedly contained in an open sump in the vicinity of plaintiffs’ home. Prior to trial, the action was dismissed as to all defendants except Harry Barron, Frank A. Barso doing business as B & B Homes, a copartnership, and Roy Baker.

The complaint contains six causes of action, the first three of which are on behalf of minor plaintiff, and the first of which alleges the existence of a…