State Court of Appeals / Cal. Ct. App.

Gherna v. Ford Motor Co.

Decided November 25, 1966. Wakefield Taylor wrote the opinion for the court.

246 Cal. App. 2d 639 · Cited 80 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc. · 59 Cal. 2d 57
Ybarra v. Spangard · 25 Cal. 2d 486
Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co. · 61 Cal. 2d 256
Rose v. Chrysler Motors Corp. · 212 Cal. App. 2d 755
Seneris v. Haas · 291 P.2d 915
Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
Seely v. White Motor Co. · 403 P.2d 145
Zentz v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · 247 P.2d 344
Di Mare v. Cresci · 373 P.2d 860
O'Keefe v. South End Rowing Club · 64 Cal. 2d 729
Hercules Powder Co. v. Automatic Sprinkler Corp. · 311 P.2d 907
Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co. · 24 Cal. 2d 453
Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co. · 268 P.2d 1041
Anthony v. Hobbie · 25 Cal. 2d 814
Canifax v. Hercules Powder Co. · 237 Cal. App. 2d 44
Raber v. Tumin · 36 Cal. 2d 654
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Anderson-Weber, Inc. · 110 N.W.2d 449
Hinds v. Wheadon · 19 Cal. 2d 458
Lasry v. Lederman · 147 Cal. App. 2d 480
Crane v. Sears Roebuck & Co. · 218 Cal. App. 2d 855
Bauer v. Otis · 133 Cal. App. 2d 439
MacK v. Hugh W. Comstock Associates, Inc. · 225 Cal. App. 2d 583
Roddiscraft, Inc. v. Skelton Logging Co. · 212 Cal. App. 2d 784
Mayers v. Litow · 154 Cal. App. 2d 413
Fentress v. Van Etta Motors · 157 Cal. App. Supp. 2d 863

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Kriegler v. Eichler Homes, Inc. · 269 Cal. App. 2d 224
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