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Ambriz V. Petrolane, Ltd., Jesse W. Carter
Ambriz V. Petrolane, Ltd., Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Parents' wrongful death judgments for deaths of their children due to an explosion in their home was upheld against a gas distributor who was liable for independent contractors it employed to deliver the gas, an abnormally dangerous activity.
Daggett V. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co., Jesse W. Carter
Daggett V. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co., Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Where impeachment evidence regarding the safe speed for operating a train was admissible and railway failed to request a limiting instruction, husband properly recovered for the loss of his wife and two minor children after a collision.
Garibaldi V. Borchers Bros. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Garibaldi V. Borchers Bros. [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
A trial court did not err in giving an instruction on continuing negligence in conjunction with an instruction on last clear chance, and an instruction on a truck driver's right to assume that a minor would exercise the care of a child his age.
Barrera V. De La Torre [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Barrera V. De La Torre [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
The trial court did not err in instructing jury that it could not infer driver's negligence from mere happening of accident, even though facts would support giving of res ipsa loquitur instruction; driver's negligence was question of fact for jury.
Taylor V. Hawkinson [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Taylor V. Hawkinson [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
Compromise verdict for passenger, her husband, and driver of husband's car after first trial did not render issue of liability res judicata on retrial, and judgment on liability was not binding upon driver of other car until after he could attack it.
Brandelius V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Brandelius V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter
Jesse Carter Opinions
City and county were entitled to a new trial in a survivor's wrongful death suit. Evidence that the city's cable car had the last clear chance to avoid the accident at issue in the trial warranted a jury instruction on the last clear chance doctrine.