Legal Opinion
Titus v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 30, 1979No. Civ. 53627PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HASTINGS, J.
In this appeal plaintiff David Montgomery Titus, a minor, by his guardian ad litem, Denise Marie Cuthbert, seeks reversal of a judgment rendered on November 29, 1977, in favor of defendant Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
On September 6, 1971, nine-year-old David Montgomery Titus (Monty) was severely and permanently injured on an oil well pumping unit. He and his 11-year-old friend, Ian Bogue, had gone to their neighbors’ property in order to “ride” on an oil well pumping unit located there. Ian had played on such units previously, but Monty had not. Although there was another…
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