[Download] "Lareau V. Southern Pacific Transportation Co." by First Appellate District, Division Two Court of Appeal of California ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Lareau V. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
- Author : First Appellate District, Division Two Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 22, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
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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 verdict for $125,000 in favor of Mrs. Lareau in her action for personal injuries and from a judgment of dismissal entered after a demurrer was sustained without leave to amend in its subsequent action for declaratory relief. Southern Pacific contends that the trial court should have exercised its equitable powers to determine the good faith of the prejudgment settlements made by the Lareaus with two of the other