SABELLA v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 22614.

70 Cal.2d 311 (1969)

449 P.2d 750

74 Cal. Rptr. 534

MIKE SABELLA, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis L. Phelps, Richard H. Bailin, Dunne, Phelps & Mills and Arthur B. Dunne for Defendant and Appellant.

Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell, Edward J. Niland and Stanley A. Ibler, Jr., for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. The jury brought in a verdict of $115,500, but by remittitur to which plaintiff consented the award was reduced to $80,000. Defendant cites as error the trial court's refusal to admit evidence of a disability pension, and purported misconduct by plaintiff's counsel. We conclude that the judgment must be affirmed.

Plaintiff Mike Sabella was injured while...

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