Legal Opinion
Whiting v. City of National City
California Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1937No. L. A. 16167PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShenk, J.
The plaintiff sued the city of National City to recover damages for injuries occasioned by a fall when she caught the toe of her shoe in the upraised edge of a cement square in the sidewalk of Ninth Street in said city. The case was tried without a jury, and judgment entered for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,000. The city appealed.
The portion of the sidewalk involved was in a much traveled business district of the city. The court found that the sidewalk was constructed of contiguous cement squares with expansion joints between them; that the square upon which the plaintiff tripped was raised…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nicholson v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Johnson v. City of AmesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
- Cook v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
- Ford v. City of KinsleySupreme Court of Kansas · 1935
- City of Dayton v. FoxCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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3Cited by66 opinions
- Hoel v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1955
- Palmer v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Laurenzi v. VranizanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Eastlick v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1947
- Barrett v. City of ClaremontCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953
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