Legal Opinion
Kite v. Coastal Oil Company
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 25, 1958No. Civ. 22716PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NOURSE, J. pro tem.*
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. Defendant appeals from a judgment based upon the verdict of the jury awarding plaintiff the sum of $58,000.
*339The facts:
Defendant is owner of an oil well in the city of Signal Hill. The day of the accident in question a pumping or sucker rod in the well casing had broken. Upon discovering the break, defendant’s vice president and production superintendent called Oil Well Service Company (hereinafter called Oil Well) requesting that they repair or replace the broken rod. Oil Well responded by sending a repair crew of…
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