Garcia v. Soogian

In this action, which was tried by the court sitting without a jury, plaintiff recovered damages for injuries she sustained while playing on defendants’ lot, and defendants have appealed.

The accident happened about 8 p. m., when it was getting dark. Plaintiff, who was 12 years and 8 months old, had trespassed on defendants’ lot in order to play a form of hide- and-seek with other children. She cut her ankle when, running in pursuit of a playmate, she attempted to jump over a stack of prefabricated building panels containing windows, failed to clear the stack, and landed on top, her foot…