Legal Opinion
Miller v. Berman
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 16, 1942No. Civ. 2974PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarks, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiffs $10,000 damages for the death of Charles B. Miller in a collision between an automobile being driven by deceased, and a truck tractor, of which defendants Berman and Cantu were the registered owners, with a semitrailer attached to it which was owned by defendant Evans. The recovery against Evans was limited to $5,000 under the provisions of section 402 of the Vehicle Code. Evans alone has appealed from the judgment.
The important question, presented here for the first time in California, is the liability of Evans as owner of the semitrailer…
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