Gibson v. State of California

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment in favor of the State of California rendered on a jury verdict in an action seeking damages for the wrongful death of the plaintiff’s mother who was injured in a collision between a state-owned dump truck and the ambulance in which she was being transported. At the prior trial of the matter, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff against the state, the ambulance driver, Alfred Sanchez, and his employer, Monterey Ambulance Company. The state alone appealed and this court reversed solely because of an error in the instructions…