Legal Opinion
Lareau v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 22, 1975No. Docket Nos. 30747, 31390PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, P. J.
These consolidated appeals arise out of two successive collisions in which plaintiffs, George and Margaret Lareau, were injured and their mentally retarded son killed. The Lareaus appeal from the judgment on a verdict in favor of defendants, Southern Pacific and the City of Sunnyvale, in their wrongful death action, contending that the trial court' erred in refusing their proffered instruction that after they met their initial burden of proof the burden of proof on causation shifted to the defendants. Southern Pacific cross-appeals from the judgment entered on the jury…
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