Legal Opinion
Mason v. Case
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 13, 1963No. Civ. 10556PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFriedman, J.
Plaintiff Ted Mason was injured in the course of his employment as a mechanic with Westside Tractor Company. He filed this common-law negligence action against Jack Case, vice president of the firm, and Herbert Kattenhorn, the shop foreman. There was a jury verdict in favor of both defendants and Mason appeals.
Effective in September 1959 section 3601 of the Labor Code was amended to ban negligence actions between employees in eases where workmen’s compensation is available. (Stats. 1959, eh. 1189.) Mason’s accident antedated the amendment and is not affected by it.
Mason was a mechanic and…
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