Wineinger v. Bear Brand Ranch

Opinion

LUESEBRINK, J.*

Ken Wineinger, age 17, was one of two passengers in a Toyota Land Cruiser being driven by another 17 year old, defendant and respondent Eric Goodman, when the vehicle careened over a cliff in a residential housing tract. Wineinger was killed. The tract was then being *1006developed by Bear Brand Ranch and O. Hill Co., the owners and general contractors. Parrott & Wright Construction Co. was the grading and paving contractor responsible for completion of the streets.

Wineinger’s heirs were awarded a $638,504 judgment in the ensuing wrongful death action. The jury determined…