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95) and a motion picture depicting Ford's crash test No. (Chaput). Thus, the exhibits showed the defect in the Pinto's gas tank location and design, the hazard created by the protrusions on the differential housing, and, in addition, they served as evidence of Ford's awareness of those defects. 1397-1398). Ford relies on cases involving the personal liberty of an individual (Addington v. Texas, 441 U.S. 418, 99 S.Ct. Ford complains that the failure to give the balance of the other requested instruction constituted [119 Cal.App.3d 802] prejudicial error. He was born on May 2, 1946 to the late Chester Emlyn Grimshaw and the late Annice Posey Grimshaw. 261, 91 L.Ed. Here is Richard Grimshaw Sr.'s obituary. 389, 582 P.2d 980.) (Steed v. Imperial Airlines, 12 Cal.3d 115, 123-124, 115 Cal.Rptr. Following a six-month jury trial, verdicts were returned in favor of . Evidence, 1276, p. 1180; Jefferson, Cal. We should call the Ford Pinto what it was. The record fails to support the contention. " (Barker v. Lull Engineering Co., supra, 20 Cal.3d 413, 430, 143 Cal.Rptr. In November 1971, the Grays purchased a new 1972 Pinto hatchback manufactured by Ford in October 1971. The court is not required to give such limiting instructions sua sponte. This list is arranged alphabetically by surname: 218; Pease v. Beech Aircraft Corp., 38 Cal.App.3d 450, 465, 113 Cal.Rptr. 433, 501 P.2d 1153.) 12, 118 Cal.Rptr. Mr. Grimshaw operated a small cleaning business for many years before retiring due to illness. 6, 13; Cucinella v. Western Biscuit Co., 42 Cal.2d 71, 82, 265 P.2d 513; Popejoy v. Hannon, 37 Cal.2d 159, 168-169, 231 P.2d 484; Kostecky v. Henry, 113 Cal.App.3d 362, 374, 170 Cal.Rptr. (Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Ins. He further stated that defense counsel was aware in early July 1977 of plaintiffs' contact with the retired design engineer. At best, a horrible mistake. Plaintiffs' counsel thereupon asked the witness whether he acknowledged that the following statement appeared in a governmental report: "On each occasion the Ford Pinto gas tank buckled and gas spewed forth. (Id., at p. 129, 417 P.2d 673.). Make a life-giving gesture 32), and to express this essential ingredient in the most precise manner possible. Ford attempts to minimize the precedential force of the foregoing decisions on the ground they failed to address the position now advanced by Ford that intent to harm a particular person or persons is required because that was what the lawmakers had in mind in 1872 when they adopted Civil Code section 3294. Ford appeals from the judgment and from an order denying its motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to punitive damages. The question before us is whether a law which denies to heirs of a decedent who died with a claim for punitive damages extant the right to recover such damages in a wrongful death action violates equal protection guarantees. (Sabella v. Southern Pac. on other grounds, 329 U.S. 187, 67 S.Ct. of Cal., 21 Cal.3d 869, 876, 148 Cal.Rptr. 97, 565 P.2d 122.) Who Where Receive obituaries Louise Anne Ploc December 21, 2022 (82 years old) View obituary Esme May Nystrom December 12, 2022 (88 years old) I hope that will be the legacy of the Ford Pinto. Cross-examination of Mr. Tubben on the subject of compliance with federal emission controls tended to impeach his testimony that the Pinto met all federal regulations. 15, p. 220) provided that "in every such action, the jury may give such damages, pecuniary and exemplary, as they shall deem fair and just, " (Stats. (Mallor & Roberts, supra, 31 Hastings L.J. Ford does not attack the sufficiency of the evidence to establish its liability to the Grays or to support the amount of compensatory damages awarded to them. Survivors include his wife Venice L. Grimshaw; one son and daughter-in-law, Richard E. (Lisa) Grimshaw of Bremen; one sister, Cheryl Kowalecki of Mableton; two brothers, Warren Grimshaw and Mark Grimshaw both of Mableton; two grandchildren, Chad Grimshaw and Morgan Grimshaw and two great grandchildren, Chandler Grimshaw, Temperance Grimshaw and several other family and friends. 355, 582 P.2d 946; Kostecky v. Henry, supra, 113 Cal.App.3d 362, 374-375, 170 Cal.Rptr. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. 27 Article 1, section 7 of the California Constitution provides in part: "(a) A person may not be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law or denied equal protection of the laws; ". ' " (People v. Beivelman, 70 Cal.2d 60, 76-77, 73 Cal.Rptr. More importantly, most of the questions of which Ford now complains were properly asked on cross-examination of Ford's experts. den. He married Nancy Ann Rickett on August 25, 1842 in Carroll County, Ohio.Their children were John Wesley Grimshaw (1843-1926), Nancy Anna (1858-1937), Matthew. [119 Cal.App.3d 782] (b).) If you know of an upcoming event for Richard A. Grimshaw, please add one. (People v. La Macchia, supra, 41 Cal.2d 738, 264 P.2d 15.) 416; Rupp v. Summerfield, 161 Cal.App.2d 657, 667, 326 P.2d 912.). ", Under the federal rules, interrogatories concerning experts are "continuing interrogatories." A funeral service with full Military Honors will take place Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 2:30 pm, at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, 3421 Harrodsburg Rd., Lexington, KY. Visitation will be 12:30pm to 2:30pm at the funeral home. It is even less persuasive than the arguments rejected in Brown v. Merlo, supra, 8 Cal.3d 855, 865, 878, 106 Cal.Rptr. He was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. He was born on May 2, 1946 to the. In 1968, Ford began designing a new subcompact automobile which ultimately. The Law Revision Commission comment to section 721 reads in part: "Under Section 721, a witness who testifies as an expert may, of course, be cross-examined to the same extent as any other witness. As the project approached actual production, the engineers responsible for the components of the project "signed off" to their immediate supervisors who in turn "signed off" to their superiors and so on up the chain of command until the entire project was approved for public release by Vice Presidents Alexander and MacDonald and ultimately by Mr. Iacocca. (49 Cal.App.3d 32, 122 Cal.Rptr. In such cases the specification is adequate if it reveals how the court applied the decisional guidelines for assessing the propriety of the amount of the punitive damage award to the evidence in the particular case. Plaintiffs did not argue possibility of injury; they argued that injury was a virtual certainty and that Ford's management knew it from the results of the crash tests. In addition, as the Georgie Boy court candidly noted, there are no empirical data which would support the fears of large verdicts should punitive damages be recoverable in wrongful death cases. Ford is, therefore, precluded from raising the contentions of misconduct unless they were such as could not have been cured by an admonition. Procedure (2d ed.) Here the court refused Ford's version of a superseding cause instruction but gave its own which adequately covered the subject. (See Stats.1949, ch. Ford contends that one of its defenses to the claims based on the design of the fuel tank and its location and protection was that the impact speed was so great that the fuel tank rupture and fire would have occurred without regard to the location and protection of the fuel tank. In the case at bench, Ford failed to object to any of the matters of which it now complains during plaintiffs' arguments to the jury. (See Foglio v. Western Auto Supply, supra, 56 Cal.App.3d 470, 477, 128 Cal.Rptr. By the time the Pinto came to rest after the collision, both occupants had sustained serious burns. 895-896, 157 Cal.Rptr. Richard Emlyn Grimshaw, age 72 of Bremen, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2019. In Foglio, we held that an instruction permitting the jury in a strict products liability case to consider industry custom or practice in determining whether a design defect existed constituted error. Mutual of Omaha Ins. Accueil Uncategorized 1616, as Ford conceded, resulted in a puncture of the fuel tank from the exposed bolt heads on the differential housing. Ford also complains that in rebuttal argument, Mr. Robinson, arguing for Grimshaw, suggested an improper means of fixing damages. The Toole formulation has been repeated since in a number of decisions, e. g., Trammell v. Western [119 Cal.App.3d 816] Union Tel. (Cortez v. Macias, 110 Cal.App.3d 640, 657, 167 Cal.Rptr. There are no events at this time. The court denied the motions as untimely and on the further ground that Ford would not be prejudiced by lack of prior opportunity to depose the witness in light of its broad power to cross-examine him. She was born Oct. 8, 1933 in Peoria to Richard and Dorothy (Leighton) Vicary. The 1961 legislation thus created two classes of heirs in wrongful death actions: (1) Heirs whose decedent had a claim for punitive damages at death and (2) heirs whose decedent died without a surviving claim for such damages. 398.) "Nothing in this section shall be construed as making assignable things in action which are of such a nature as not to have been assignable prior to the enactment of the 1961 amendment to this section. ), 16 The court stated that "the principles by which the propriety of the amount of punitive damages awarded will be judged are threefold: (1) Is the sum so large as to raise a presumption that the award was the result of passion and prejudice and therefore excessive as a matter of law; (2) Does the award bear a reasonable relationship to the net assets of the defendant; and (3) Does the award bear a reasonable relationship to the compensatory damages awarded.". Besides Grimshaw's case, there had been many other deaths caused by this vehicle. One of his attorneys said Grimshaw, who studied music briefly, has been helping music groups make records. "In addition to added rear-end structure, Chassis Engineering believes that either rubber 'flak' suits (similar to a tire carcass), or alternatively, a bladder lining within the fuel tank may be required on all cars with flat fuel tanks located under the luggage compartment floor (all cars, except Ford/Mercury/Lincoln and Torino/Montego station wagons). 731. (Cal.Const., art. He faithfully and honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War era. 721; Louisell & Walley, Modern Cal. Transportation Co., 67 Cal.App.3d 600, 607, 136 Cal.Rptr. We would like to offer our sincere support to anyone coping with grief. Forest E. Olson, Inc. v. Superior Court of California, 446. With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Richard A. Grimshaw of Walnutport, Pennsylvania, born in Ludlow, Massachusetts, who passed away on July 21, 2022 at the age of 66. Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved.. November 1, 1955 - [119 Cal.App.3d 815] (4) Instructions On Malice : In its instructions to the jury, the trial court defined malice as follows: " 'Malice' means a motive and willingness to vex, harass, annoy or injure another person. (Schaefer v. Berinstein, 180 Cal.App.2d 107, 114, 4 Cal.Rptr. In Fords quest to make a lighter, cheaper car, the corporation deliberately cut safety corners. However, bumper requirements for 1974 and beyond may require additional rear end structure which could benefit fuel system integrity programs.". Please accept Echovita's sincere condolences. It is the ultimate cautionary tale of corporate greed. 711, 521 P.2d 1103; Donnelly v. Southern Pacific Co., 18 Cal.2d 863, 869-870, 118 P.2d 465; Nolin v. National Convenience Stores, Inc., 95 Cal.App.3d 279, 285-286, 157 Cal.Rptr. See Category:People from Leeds. The Barker court referred to the two standards for evaluating design defect as "alternative tests" and in its suggested instruction phrased the tests in the disjunctive. 75, 557 P.2d 507; Earley v. Pacific Electric Ry. This contention runs counter to our decisional law. A party can be compelled to identify the experts whom he contemplates calling as witnesses and such experts may, upon good cause shown, be deposed by the other party. (Rangel v. Graybar Electric Co., supra, 70 Cal.App.3d 943, 950, 139 Cal.Rptr. 125 but to the use which Grimshaw's counsel made of it in his argument to the jury. Help tell the story of your loved ones unique life. There are no calling hours.Alfred Roy & Sons Funeral Home (www.Royfuneral.com) 12 Hammond Street, Worcester, MA 01610, This site is sponsored as public resource by the independent funeral homes repesented here. For example, Ford notes that California statutes provide a maximum fine of only $50 for the first offense and $100 for a second offense for a dealer who sells an automobile that fails to conform to federal safety laws or is not equipped with required lights or brakes (Veh.Code, 24007, 24250 et seq. We cannot say that the trial judge's implied[119 Cal.App.3d 795] assessment of the effect of the charged misconduct on the verdict was manifestly wrong. Thus, the Klopstock rationale is inapposite to the validity of the trial court's order denying the Grays' motion to amend the wrongful death cause of action to seek punitive damages. Image: Evgeni Dinev / FreeDigitalPhotos.net. This month, fans of the infamous Ford Pinto will gather to celebrate the cars 45th anniversary at an annual event called the Pinto Stampede in Carlisle, PA. Its a time for enthusiasts to share stories and bond over their love for Fords budget-friendly subcompact. Obituary of James Theodore Grimshaw, Grandson of Richard and Nancy Grimshaw. Applying the foregoing criteria to the instant case, the punitive damage award as reduced by the trial court was well within reason. Obituary: Martin Wallace, former Belfast Telegraph and BBC journalist, dies at 93. "Evidence tends 'in reason' to prove a. Ford complains that since Mr. Copp was permitted to testify to the circumstances surrounding his termination, Ford was compelled to cross-examine him to show that the reason for his dismissal was unexplained absences from work and unsatisfactory work performance; that if the court had not permitted Mr. Copp to give his version of the reason for termination, Ford would have had little or no reason to examine him about his retirement and plaintiffs would not have been able to adduce rehabilitation testimony highly prejudicial to Ford. 398, where the court refused to give an instruction that a defendant against whom punitive damages are sought is entitled to the presumption of innocence. 2889.) The responses listed the experts and added: "Plaintiff is presently engaging in trial preparation which includes extensive additional investigation into Ford Pinto, which may lead to additional expert witnesses." The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found what it considered to be several rational bases for the legislative classification. 148, 582 P.2d 604, quoting Newland v. Board of Governors, 19 Cal.3d 705, 711, 139 Cal.Rptr. In light of these circumstances, we conclude that the court did not commit reversible error in the cited instances where the expert was permitted to testify to the matters he considered in forming his opinions. 556.). Ford's final contention is that the amount of punitive damages awarded, even as reduced by the trial court, was so excessive that a new trial on that issue must be granted. He was a graduate of the University of Maine at Orono and earned a Masters Degree from United States International University in San Diego, CA. 22 (Stats.1949, ch. The jury awarded Richard Grimshaw $125 million in punitive damages and $2.841 million in compensatory damages for injuries he suffered in the May 1972 accident. 218, which criticized the use of the term "reckless" in defining malice and suggested that "conscious disregard" would be a more accurate expression of the required state of mind. The court nevertheless sustained Ford's objections to the questions, presumably on the basis that the prejudicial effect of the evidence outweighed its probative value, but denied the mistrial motions. supra, pp. There need not be a pending action at the time of death; it is sufficient that the claim arose before death. In assessing the propriety of a punitive damage award, as in assessing the propriety of any other judicial ruling based upon factual determinations, the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the judgment. He was retired from Glacier Local 1940, but most of all he loved the outdoors,hunting and spending time with his family. In Memoriams dating back to July, 2007. 388, 506 P.2d 212.) Grimshaw Jr. October 24, 2006 George Briskham Grimshaw Jr., 67, of E. Syracuse, passed away Tuesday in Sunnyside Care Center. Co., 67 Cal.App.3d 451, 469-470, 136 Cal.Rptr. 389, 582 P.2d 980; Rosener v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., supra, 110 Cal.App.3d 740, 752-754, 168 Cal.Rptr. Grief Support. [119 Cal.App.3d 784] Ford complains that, because the trial court's ruling was based on evidence taken at the in camera proceeding from which Ford was excluded, the ruling violated Ford's due process right and constituted reversible error per se. Co., 24 Cal.3d 809, 820, 157 Cal.Rptr. A longtime resident of Syracuse, NY Richard and his family moved to this area in 1963. Ford contends that counsel for Grimshaw committed prejudicial misconduct during argument to the jury by arguing matters not supported by the evidence, exaggerating, mischaracterizing experts' testimony, arguing evidence which had been excluded, and arguing evidence admitted for a limited purpose as if it had been admitted for all purposes. Find an Obituary. 568, 496 P.2d 480.) Co, 59 Cal.App.3d 5, 18, 130 Cal.Rptr. Prejudice from an erroneous instruction is never presumed; it must be effectively demonstrated by the appellant. The purpose of punishment and deterrence will have been served by the enforcement of the punitive damage claim that survived the decedent. Read more on Closer online. 25 Defendants demurred on the ground the action was not brought by the real party in interest but the demurrer was overruled and the case went to trial resulting in a plaintiff's judgment. 337.) Co., 176 Cal. 447-448) which was patterned closely after Lord Campbell's Act [119 Cal.App.3d 826] (see Holdsworth, A History of English Law, Vol. (D'Amico v. Board of Medical Examiners,[119 Cal.App.3d 786] 11 Cal.3d 1, 19, 112 Cal.Rptr. Exchange, supra, 21 Cal.3d 910, 929, fn. Mr. Grimshaw was a loving husband of 55 years, father, grandfather and great grandfather. claire richards mark webb; shell cracker plant monaca address; rooftop at the plaza hotel lga airport parking; vue dropdown select example. Ed. 865; Celli v. Sports Car Club of America, Inc., 29 Cal.App.3d 511. In assessing whether alleged misconduct could have been cured by admonition, a reviewing court must bear in mind the wide latitude accorded counsel in arguing his case to a jury. " 330, 3, p. Instead of showing that the punitive damage award was excessive, the comparison [119 Cal.App.3d 821] between the award and the maximum penalties under state and federal statutes and regulations governing automotive safety demonstrates the propriety of the amount of punitive damages awarded. For reasons to be stated, we have concluded that the contentions lack merit. Co., supra, 61 Cal.2d 602, 610, 39 Cal.Rptr. The seam separation was occasioned by the lack of reinforcement in the rear structure and insufficient welds of the wheel wells to the floor pan. Ford's Product Planning Committee, whose members included Mr. Iacocca, Mr. Robert Alexander, and Mr. Harold MacDonald, Ford's Group Vice President of Car Engineering, approved the Pinto's concept and made the decision to go forward with the project. Initially, Barker does not mandate a jury instruction on both prongs of the tests in a design defect case. Richard Grimshaw was born in Pidgeon Creek, Pennsylvania. (Neal v. Farmers Ins. 382; In re Paris Air Crash, 622 F.2d 1315, cert. The judge in that trial later deemed the award excessive and reduced it to $6.6 million. 319, this court noted that "since 1974 at the latest, and probably since a much earlier date, the term 'malice' as used in Civil Code section 3294 has been interpreted as including a conscious disregard of the probability that the actor's conduct will result in injury to others." 332, 426 P.2d 900, cert. 488, 535 P.2d 352) which are manifestly inapposite. Volusia Memorial Funeral Home . Those were proper considerations for determining whether the award was excessive as a matter of law. Funeral services will be Friday, April 19,2019 at 2:00 PM from Baptist Tabernacle with Reverend Buddy Gentry and Reverend Richard Brannon officiating. 13 The 1980 revision of BAJI uses the expression "conscious disregard of the plaintiff's rights." In open court the judge sustained Ford's objection and admonished the jury to disregard the question and to draw no inferences from it. Mr. Robinson, one of the attorneys for plaintiffs, stated that if Ford's motion were to be granted, plaintiffs would as a matter of fairness seek the names of witnesses and experts acquired by Ford after the last exchange of information and depose such witnesses, all of which would result in undue delay of the trial. Gas & Elec. The instruction on malice as given by the court was former BAJI 14.71 with a one-word modification. We agree with the commentators; the focus should be on the severity of the threatened harm, reprehensibility of the conduct, wealth of defendant, and profitability of the conduct. 614; Tellefsen v. Key System Transit Lines, 158 Cal.App.2d 243, 246-247, 322 [119 Cal.App.3d 796] P.2d 469; 4 Witkin, Cal. (Samter v. Klopstock Realty Co., supra, 31 Cal.App.2d 532, 535, 88 P.2d 250.) (Id., at pp. 1277, 1279-1287; Mallor & Roberts, supra, pp. 325, 329, 48 P. 117; Southers v. Savage, 191 Cal.App.2d 100, 105, 12 Cal.Rptr. The award was $659,680. 733.) (LeMons v. Regents of Univ. (Evid.Code, 352, 355; see Conservatorship of Buchanan, 78 Cal.App.3d 281, 289, 144 Cal.Rptr. 141, 144-145, 57 P. 398. Defendants responded with a motion to dismiss the action on the ground the jurisdictional. 693, 598 P.2d 854; Schroeder v. Auto Driveaway Co., supra, 11 Cal.3d 908, 922, 114 Cal.Rptr. 84; Smith v. Superior Court, 189 Cal.App.2d 6, 11, 11 Cal.Rptr. March 2, 2019: The High Prairie St. Andrew's Saints girl's basketball team wins its first 2J Zone basketball title after defeating the Fairview High Cobras 47-42 in Grimshaw. ), In 1874 the Legislature deleted the words "pecuniary or exemplary" from the damage clause and amended it to read "such damages may be given as under all the circumstances of the case, may be just." Recently, our high court in People v. Green, supra,[119 Cal.App.3d 798] 27 Cal.3d 1, 164 Cal.Rptr. The court denied the motion for a mistrial but admonished plaintiffs' counsel that it would not hesitate to grant a mistrial if counsel did not "proceed with utmost care." (Owens, supra, p. 1291; Note, Mass Liability and Punitive Damages Overkill, 30 Hastings L.J. [119 Cal.App.3d 827] The statute remained virtually unchanged until 1949 when the Legislature, in the wake of Hunt v. Authier, 28 Cal.2d 288, 169 P.2d 913, enacted Civil Code section 956 providing for survival of personal injury causes of action. These protrusions were sufficient to puncture a gas tank driven forward against the differential upon rear impact. (Civ.Code, 4, 5.) Malice may be inferred from acts and conduct, such as by showing that the defendant's conduct was wilful, intentional, and done in conscious disregard of its possible results." Assuming that in the case at bar and upon issue joined upon all the allegations of the complaint, judgment had been rendered for the defendants, such judgment would be ineffectual as a plea in bar to an action against the same defendants for the same property brought by the administrator of the estate. Those victims who werent killed were condemned to a life sentence of suffering. 97, 565 P.2d 122, declined to accept the concept enunciated by the Massachusetts Supreme Court in Gaudette v. Webb (1972) 362 Mass. (1) Alleged Violations Of An Order In Limine : At the commencement of trial the court, on Ford's motion, made an order in limine that counsel not mention any other Pinto fires without first approaching the bench and obtaining a ruling. 517, 518-520.) 5 There was also evidence that early disclosure of the witness' identity might have subjected him to harassment and rendered him unavailable to plaintiffs. omitted. The principle applies to evidentiary rulings. Procedure (2d ed.) Unlike malicious conduct directed[119 Cal.App.3d 820] toward a single specific individual, Ford's tortious conduct endangered the lives of thousands of Pinto purchasers. 2 The "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY PROGRAM FINANCIAL REVIEW" report included the following: "To meet 20 mph movable barrier requirements in 1973, fuel filler neck modifications to provide breakaway capability and minor upgrading of structure are required. (Larcher v. Wanless, 18 Cal.3d 646, 656-657, 135 Cal.Rptr. ", "In determining whether the automobile involved in this case was defective, you may consider (the extent to which) (whether) its design and manufacture matched the average quality of other and (the extent to which) (whether) its design and manufacture deviated from the norm for automobiles designed and manufactured at the same point in time.". Our Supreme Court has refrained from selecting a linguistic formulation from among the various alternatives for expressing this standard, declaring that they all require " 'the court to conduct a serious and genuine judicial inquiry into the correspondence between a classification and the legislative goals.' The instant case was submitted solely on the consumer expectation standard because the trial had been virtually completed before the Barker decision was rendered in which our high court for the first time articulated the risk-benefit standard of design defect. Join Facebook to connect with Richard Grimshaw and others you may know. WORCESTER - Richard R. Grimshaw, 60, of 1350 Main Street died Thursday, January 30 in St. Vincent Hospital at Worcester Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Therefore, the fact that the evidence may have enhanced the witness' credibility did not render it inadmissible. ), After the initiation of trial, the Legislature added a new article to title 3, part 4, chapter 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code Civ.Proc., 2037 et seq.) One having possession of money or property of a decedent at the time of the latter's death should not, at the suit of an heir, be called upon at his peril to deliver or pay it over unless he can conclusively establish for all time that there was no will, no legatees, no creditors of the estate, and no other heirs, without all of which he could not be exempt from liability, nor unless a judgment therein rendered in his favor would protect him in subsequent litigation for the same property by other heirs or the personal representatives of the deceased.". 389, 582 P.2d 946 ; Kostecky v. Henry, supra, [ 119 Cal.App.3d 798 ] Cal.3d... 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