Legal Opinion
American Can Co. v. City & County of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 18, 1962No. Civ. 20112PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShoemaker, J.
On September 17, 1959, Elmo Piombo, while driving a truck owned by the American Can Co., collided with a Municipal Railway tower truck which was parked in the intersection of 16th Street and Potrero Avenue in San Francisco. As a result of this collision, John Murphy and Harry Jones, two employees of the City and County of San Francisco, were thrown from the tower truck and injured. Murphy and Jones thereupon instituted a negligence action against Piombo and the American Can Co. to recover damages for the injuries sustained by them. Piombo and American Can Co. filed a cross-complaint naming…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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3Cited by46 opinions
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