Legal Opinion
Schultz v. Mathias
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 27, 1970No. Civ. 9421PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAMURA, J.
Plaintiffs’ 21-year-old son was killed in a head-on automobile collision between a Porsche in which he was a passenger and a Chevrolet driven by defendant Glenn J. Mathias. Plaintiffs brought the present action for the wrongful death of their son. Following a verdict and judgment for defendants, plaintiffs moved for a new trial on several grounds, including insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and newly discovered evidence. The motion was granted on both grounds. Defendants appeal from the order granting new trial.
The accident occurred near midnight on Highway…
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