Sperling v. Hatch

Opinion

AULT, J.

Margaret L. Sperling and William F. Sperling sustained personal injuries in a single car accident which occurred on Los Coches Road, near Lakeside, California, on October 21, 1966. They brought suit against Edwin C. Hatch, doing business as Hatch Chevrolet, from whom the car had been purchased three months before, claiming the accident was caused by defective brakes. Trial was commenced before a jury; at the close of the plaintiffs’ case, the trial court granted defendant’s motion for a nonsuit on the ground the evidence established, as a matter of law, the affirmative defense…