Legal Opinion
Balkwill v. City of Stockton
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 1942No. Civ. 6738PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, Acting P. J.
The City of Stockton has appealed from a judgment for damages in the sum of $8,500, in favor of the plaintiff, to compensate her for a broken hip resulting from stepping into a hole in the concrete sidewalk in the business portion of the city, and falling thereon. It is not contended the judgment is excessive.
For the period of a year two holes were permitted to exist in the surface of the concrete sidewalk on California Street in the business portion of Stockton. They were only a few inches apart, and were approximately four or five inches long, two inches wide and from one-half to two inches…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Whiting v. City of National CityCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
- Nicholson v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Hook v. City of SacramentoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
- Kershaw v. TilburyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
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3Cited by40 opinions
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