Solgaard v. Guy F. Atkinson Co.

Opinion

BURKE, J.

Defendant, a building contractor appeals from a judgment entered by the Merced County Superior Court following a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $78,212 in a personal injury action. The principal issue involved in this case is the applicability of the so-called “rescue doctrine” to plaintiff, a medical doctor injured while attempting to reach and treat two of defendant’s employees trapped in a landslide at a construction site. We have concluded that under the evidence in this case plaintiff was a rescuer, entitled to the benefit of certain special rules applicable to…