Legal Opinion
Garcia v. Brulotte
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1980No. 47082PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrachtenbach, J.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed on defendants' hop ranch. The trial court directed a verdict for plaintiff on liability. This being a comparative negligence case, the trial court submitted interrogatories to the jury to determine (1) the amount of damages, (2) whether plaintiff was negligent and if so whether that was a proximate cause of plaintiff's injury, and (3) what percentage of the total combined negligence of the parties was attributable to plaintiff.
The jury fixed damages at $50,000, found that plaintiff's negligence was a…
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