· 11/17/1948
Summers v. Tice
Citations
- 33 Cal. 2d 80
- 199 P.2d 1
- 5 A.L.R. 2d 91
- 1948 Cal. LEXIS 290
How courts have described this case
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- holding that, where two hunters independently breached a duty to the plaintiff, but there was uncertainty regarding which one caused the plaintiff's injury, both were liable in the absence of sufficient causal evidence as to either defendant
- liability imposed on both of two hunters who fired toward plaintiff, burden on each defendant to show he did not cause injury
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Judges: Carter
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