Legal Opinion
Smith v. Americania Motor Lodge
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 1974No. Civ. 32639PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALDECOTT, P. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of respondents in an action arising out of the death of appellants’ two children.
On Saturday, November 30, 1968, the bodies of Linda and Joseph Atchan were discovered in the bottom of the swimming pool owned by respondent Americania Motor Lodge in downtown San Francisco. Linda Atchan, age 11, and her brother Joseph Atchan, age 10, were the children of plaintiffs Pearl Smith and her divorced husband, Joseph Atchan.
The children had left home between 1 and 2 p.m., destined for a laundromat a few blocks away. They had with them a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Haft v. Lone Palm HotelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
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