# Peterson v. Lamb Rubber Co.

> California Supreme Court · June 23, 1960 · 54 Cal. 2d 339

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9546081

## Case

- **Full name:** ERVIN L. PETERSON, Appellant, v. LAMB RUBBER COMPANY (A Corporation), Respondent
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** June 23, 1960
- **Citations:** 54 Cal. 2d 339; 5 Cal. Rptr. 863; 353 P.2d 575; 1960 Cal. LEXIS 170
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Traynor
- **Judges:** Schauer, Traynor, Bronson, Amici, Respondent
- **Cited by:** 55 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/9546081

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that employees may “stand in the shoes of the employer” and be considered “in privity to the vendor-manufacturer with respect to the implied warranties of fitness for use and of merchantable quality”

## Opinion text

TRAYNOR, J.
I concur in the judgment for the reasons set forth in my concurring opinions in Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co., 24 Cal.2d 453, 461-468 [ 150 P.2d 436 ] and Gordon v. Aztec Brewing Co., 33 Cal.2d 514, 523-533 [ 203 P.2d 522 ].

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