Imlay

Imlay v. California Cab Co.

Good Law
124 Cal. App. 68·11 P.2d 1116
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 3, 1932Docket No. 7273.California806 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Tappaan, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff damages for personal injuries suffered by her while alighting from a taxicab owned and operated by defendant, and driven, at the time of the accident, by an employee of defendant and appellant.

Appellant’s first assignment of error is that both the trial court and plaintiff’s counsel, during the argument to the jury, were guilty of misconduct highly prejudicial to appellant and which prevented him from having a fair trial.

Prom an examination of the record presented upon this appeal it is extremely doubtful whether or not the appellant suffered prejudice by reason of any statements of counsel of which he complains. Even if plaintiff’s counsel had been guilty of misconduct an admonition from the court would have removed the effect thereof in every instance.

In Scott v. Times-Mirror Co., 181 Cal. 345, 368 [12 A. L. R. 1007, 184 Pac. 672, 682 ], the court in deciding the question presented here, and under very similar circumstances, said: “In no case was the court requested to instruct the jury that the conduct objected to was improper and that it was to be disregarded by them. Where the action of the trial court is not thus…

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