Killingbock v. Loma Linda University
Appellants Roberta Jean Killingbock,[1] and Lois Fadale are the widows of Jack Killingbock and Louis Fadale. Appellants appeal from a judgment of dismissal after an order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend. They claim they are beneficiaries of an assignment, executed in 1966, granting their husbands an interest in an oil field in Santa Barbara County. They assert that respondents Loma Linda University (LLU) and a former well operator, now deceased (Devine), engaged in wrongful conduct which caused them to lose their investments. Appellants seek to recover the market value of 500,000 barrels of crude oil from LLU and the widow and family trust of the well operator. Court reverse in part and remand.
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