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GYERMAN v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.
Supreme Court of California. In Bank (1972) | 7 Cal.3d 488; 498 P.2d 1043; 102 Cal. Rptr. 795
TL;DR: A longshoreman injured by negligently stacked cargo was found contributorily negligent for failing to report the danger. The California Supreme Court reversed, holding the defendant failed to prove this failure proximately caused the injury.
Legal Significance: This case clarifies that the defendant bears the burden of proving not only the plaintiff's breach of duty for contributory negligence but also that such breach was a proximate cause of the plaintiff's harm.