Legal Opinion

Baker v. John W. Stang Corp.

California Court of Appeal

Decided November 4, 1960No. Civ. No. 24485Published

1Opinion of the CourtShinn, P. J.

By verdict and judgment plaintiff Charles Baker recovered from John W. Stang Corporation and George Sehuerer damages for personal injuries; defendants appeal.

The sole ground of appeal is that the court refused *174to give instructions on contributory negligence which the defendants requested. There was, in our opinion, no error.

The accident happened in the pipe yard of Stang Corporation. Plaintiff was standing beside a trailer, hitched to a tractor, which he had driven into the Stang yard to be loaded with 16-foot pipe. As he was tightening chains to secure the loaded pipe defendant Schuerer,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Hope v. Arrowhead & Puritas Waters, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1959
  2. Evarts v. Santa Barbara Consolidated Railway Co.California Court of Appeal · 1906
  3. Grasgreen v. Acme Auto ParksCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
  4. Flynn v. Grand Central Public Market, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1959

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