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Aetna Casualty & Sur. Co. V. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Aetna Casualty & Sur. Co. V. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Action brought by compensation insurance carrier to recover insured's employee's general tort damages for an industrial injury caused by corporation was barred by special statute setting a one-year statute of limitations.
Leo V. Dunham [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Leo V. Dunham [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A driver was entitled to a jury instruction on the doctrine of imminent peril in a pedestrian's negligence action because the driver may not have anticipated that the pedestrian would not yield the right of way as he walked across the highway.
Burge V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Burge V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Plaintiff minor child, by his father, was not entitled to sue defendant city to recover damages for personal injuries because the minor child's mother, having the care of the minor child, had the authority to compromise the claim in question.
Connor V. Grosso [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Connor V. Grosso [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Defendant who dumped dirt on a landowner's property could not be required to pay for removal of the dirt dumped by others because defendant did not act in concert with the other persons dumping dirt on the land.
Gray V. Brinkerhoff [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Gray V. Brinkerhoff [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A judgment against a pedestrian was reversed and the driver was held negligent as a matter of law where he failed to exercise his statutory duty to watch for pedestrians in crosswalks.
Barrett V. Claremont [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Barrett V. Claremont [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A one-half inch ridge covered with dirt over a sidewalk was too trivial of a sidewalk defect to impute negligence to the city for the failure to correct the ridge.
Turner V. Mellon [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Turner V. Mellon [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
An employer and its employee were not liable for false arrest and false imprisonment where an arrestee was taken into custody after the employee honestly but mistakenly identified the arrestee as a robber.
Talley V. Northern San Diego County Hospital Dist. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Talley V. Northern San Diego County Hospital Dist. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
The governmental nature of a hospital district's activities as a public agency made it immune from liability in tort for a patient's personal injuries resulting from employee negligence when the patient suffered burns while under care for childbirth.
Daniels V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Daniels V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A finding against a driver in her action for damages for injuries resulting from a collision of vehicles was proper where the driver was entitled to an instruction on the doctrine of last clear chance.
Saporito V. Purex Corp. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Saporito V. Purex Corp. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
The evidence supported the finding that a manufacturer was liable in negligence to party who was injured when a glass bottle of a bleaching solution prepared and bottled by the manufacturer burst in her hands.
Farber V. Olkon [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Farber V. Olkon [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Where incompetent person was given electroshock treatment, health care workers were not liable in damages to incompetent person because they had not violated any law, and there was no basis under which to hold them liable.
Whalen V. Ruiz [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Whalen V. Ruiz [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A judgment against a bus passenger injured when the bus ran off a faulty bridge was properly sustained where the bridge owner was not obligated by contract or law to make structural changes to the bridge.
Gill V. Hearst Pub. Co. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Gill V. Hearst Pub. Co. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Court reversed judgment that sustained defendant's demurrer without leave to amend complaint in action for damages for invasion of privacy because trial court abused its discretion when it failed to allow plaintiff's complaint to be amended.
Goodman V. Harris [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Goodman V. Harris [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Owner of premises leased for operation of a motel was not liable for injury or death of guests from fumes from heater installed by lessees, but not part of realty, in absence of any defect in leased premises which might have caused the injuries.
Pirkle V. Oakdale Union Grammar School Dist. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Pirkle V. Oakdale Union Grammar School Dist. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A judgment against a school district and its staff and a denial of their motions for JNOV were improper because there was no legal basis for a finding of negligence when student was hurt while playing in a game of touch football during recess.