Case Name: JOSEPH V. STEELE, Respondent, v. INDEPENDENCE INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant
Court: District Court of Appeal of the State of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1931-03-11
Citations: 112 Cal. App. 464
Docket Number: Civ. No. 297
Parties: JOSEPH V. STEELE, Respondent, v. INDEPENDENCE INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Appellate Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 464–465

Head Matter:
[Civ. No. 297.
Fourth Appellate District.
March 11, 1931.]
JOSEPH V. STEELE, Respondent, v. INDEPENDENCE INDEMNITY COMPANY (a Corporation), Appellant.
Willis I. Morrison and Ray W. Hays for Appellant.
B. M. Benson and W. H. Stammer for Respondent.

Opinion:
MARKS, Acting P. J.
This is an action to recover from an insurance carrier the amount of a judgment rendered against the insured in favor of a guest injured while riding in an automobile. Respondent recovered judgment from the insurance carrier who prosecutes this appeal.
This is a companion action to the cases of Bachman v. Independence Indemnity Co., (Civ. No. 298) post, p. 465 [297 Pac. 110], and Bachman v. Independence Indemnity Co., (Civ. No. 299) (Cal. App.) 297 Pac. 119, the opinions in which are this day filed. The facts and issues here are similar to thosé detailed in the Leo Bachman case, except as to the injuries suffered by respondent and the amount of damages recovered by him.
The evidence shows that respondent was sitting by the side of Leo Bachman on the rear seat of the automobile driven by Forest Bayliss. Steele suffered a broken collarbone, bruises on his head, back and legs, and was unable to work for about three weeks. He was dozing at the time of the accident and was not able to testify to any of the circumstances leading up to it. In his action against Forest Bayliss judgment was rendered in his favor in the sum of $750. In our opinion this judgment was not excessive. Judgment was' rendered in his favor in the instant case in the sum of $835.61, this being the amount of his judgment against Forest Bayliss plus accrued interest.
For the reasons given and upon the authorities cited in the opinion this day filed in the case of Bachman v. Independence Indemnity Co., (Civ. No. 298) supra, the judgment herein is affirmed.
Jennings, J., and Lamberson, J., pro tern., concurred.
A petition for a rehearing of this cause was denied by the District Court of Appeal on April 8, 1931, and a petition by respondent to have the cause heard in the Supreme Court, after judgment in the District Court of Appeal, was denied by the Supreme Court on May 4, 1931.