Legal Opinion
Pappert v. San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 4, 1982No. Civ. 24290PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WORK, J.
Plaintiffs Susan A. Pappert and her minor children, Michael D. Pappert, Julie M. Pappert and Mark C. Pappert, appeal, from the judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of defendant San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) in their wrongful death action arising from the electrocution of Charles Pappert while attempting to trim a tree close to SDG&E’s uninsulated 12,000-volt power line. The special verdict declared SDG&E was negligent, but its negligence was not a legal cause of the death.
The Papperts contend the court erred by submitting the issue of superseding cause,…
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