Court Opinion

ID: 9590290
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:53:32.558746+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:38.239806
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EDMONDS, J.
I concur in the conclusion of Mr. Justice Traynor that the instructions to the jury on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur were prejudicially erroneous, but I do not agree with the rule of strict liability stated by him in Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 24 Cal.2d 453 [150 P.2d 436], and now reiterated.
For these reasons, I would reverse the judgment.
Appellant’s petition for a rehearing was denied March 28, 1949. Edmonds, J., voted for a rehearing.