# Wise v. Southern Pacific Co.

> California Supreme Court · January 20, 1970 · 1 Cal. 3d 600

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9536094

## Case

- **Full name:** WAYNE E. WISE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** January 20, 1970
- **Citations:** 1 Cal. 3d 600; 83 Cal. Rptr. 202; 463 P.2d 426; 73 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2360; 1970 Cal. LEXIS 335
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Burke, McComb
- **Cited by:** 13 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9536094

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a wrongfully terminated employee could recover the replacement cost of lost life insurance and medical plans

## Opinion text

McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would reverse the judgment for the reasons expressed by Mr. Justice David in the opinion prepared by him for the Court of Appeal in Wise v. Southern Pac. Co. (Cal.App.) 77 Cal.Rptr. 156 .

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9536094. Public record. Not legal advice.