Kingery v. Southern California Edison Co.

The plaintiffs are the widow and children of Raymond Otey Kingery, deceased. In an action for wrongful death, they recovered a judgment against defendants Union Development Company, Inc., and Federal Employees Distributing Company. These defendants, hereinafter designated as Union and Federal respectively, have appealed from the judgment. While Southern California Edison Company was originally named as a defendant, a covenant not to sue was executed in favor of that defendant prior to the trial of the action.

Union operated a shopping center known as the Dutch Village. About 35 shops were on…