Legal Opinion

Brockett v. Kitchen Boyd Motor Co.

California Court of Appeal

Decided July 16, 1968No. Civ. 896PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtConley, P. J.

—The seven plaintiffs were occupants of a 1965 Chrysler automobile which was stopped in the nighttime at a red traffic light on 24th Street in Bakersfield. A 1959 Ford Thunderbird driven by Jimmie Leon Huff, an intoxicated minor of the age of 19 years, struck the Chrysler and injured the occupants. The complaint alleges that Huff was an employee of Kitchen Boyd Motor Company, the defendant copartnership, and that his intoxication was induced by the defendant as the result of a prolonged Christmas party for its employees, which started at noon on December 23, 1966, and during which the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Cole v. RushCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Schwartz v. Helms Bakery LimitedCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Silva v. Providence Hospital of OaklandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Valdez v. Taylor Automobile Co.California Court of Appeal · 1954

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3Cited by34 opinions

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