Carol Willis Discussions

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Originally Posted by marxz

She died in an automobile accident in Laguna Beach, California RIP

Another website quoted a court case following Carol's untimely death, and cites "Carol Willis, the deceased wife of plaintiff Phillip Willis." So Carol was married.

Willis v. Gordon (1978) 20 C3d 629
[L.A. 30736
Cal Sup Ct
Feb., 17, 1978]
PHILLIP GARY WILLIS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. JARED GORDON et al.,
Defendants and Respondents
Opinion by Manuel, J., with Tobriner, Clark, Richardson and Newman, JJ.,
concurring. Separate concurring opinion by Mosk, J., with Bird, C. J.,
concurring.
COUNSEL
Stockdale, Peckham, Estes, Ramsey, Lawler & Iorillo and Jerry A. Ramsey for
Defendants and Respondents.
William Jerome Pollack, Herman & Williams, Ross L. Williams and Leonard Sacks
for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
OPINION
MANUEL, J.
In this action for wrongful death and personal injuries, plaintiffs Phillip G.
Willis and Ramiro Galarza appeal from a judgment of nonsuit entered at the
close of their opening statements. Our review of the record convinces us that
the trial court erred in granting the motions for nonsuit. {Page 20 Cal.3d
632}
Plaintiffs' opening statements set forth the facts they intended to prove. The
accident occurred on November 24, 1971, after defendants had a flat tire and
parked on the outside of a curve of Route 133, a well-travelled, 65-mile-per-
hour highway. The curve had an angle of 25 degrees and plaintiffs said they
would show it more dangerous than its relatively slight angle indicates. At
the point where defendants stopped, the highway consisted of a single lane in
each direction and a six-foot, four-inch "fog lane" separated from the traffic
lane by a "fog line." There was a steel guardrail for the length of the curve
and all the area from the center line to the guardrail was paved.
Defendants parked their car, a Volkswagen, entirely to the right of the "fog
line," but plaintiffs offered to prove that the area was nevertheless a
travelled part of the highway. Fifteen to thirty feet beyond where defendants
stopped, the guardrail ended and the road was bounded by a wide, flat, unpaved
shoulder. It was stated that defendant Jared Gordon, driver of the Volkswagen,
would testify he could have driven further and parked on this shoulder, but
decided against it to avoid further damaging his tire. He was also to testify
that after he and his wife tried their jack and discovered it would not work,
defendants agreed that Mrs. Gordon would "hitch" a ride to get another jack
while Mr. Gordon stayed with the car. It was admitted that defendants took no
measures to alert oncoming traffic to the presence of their vehicle and Jared
Gordon remained outside the car, sitting on the guardrail or walking around
away from the vehicle, despite its dangerous position.
Travelling in the same direction as defendants, Carol Willis, the deceased
wife of plaintiff Phillip Willis, approached defendants' car. She was driving
under the speed limit, and her car was straddling the "fog line." It was about
5 p.m., 14 minutes after sunset, but there was still light. She was a small
woman driving a Volkswagen and following behind two standard sized cars that
were also straddling the "fog line" as they slowly accelerated away from her.
Glare from the sunset and the two larger cars may have obstructed the
deceased's view of the defendants' car until she was quite close. In any
event, Mrs. Willis swerved left to avoid hitting the Gordon car, crossed over
the center line, and collided with a third Volkswagen driven by plaintiff
Galarza. Mrs. Willis was killed and plaintiff Galarza suffered serious
injuries; decedent's husband and Mr. Galarza join in this action against the
Gordons.
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Originally Posted by eseventies

Another website quoted a court case following Carol's untimely death, and cites "Carol Willis, the deceased wife of plaintiff Phillip Willis." So Carol was married.

Yes very much. In the Playmate book it is mentioned that Pompeo Posar was close to the couple and when Carol so unfortunately died in that accident her husband called Pompeo to inform him about the tragedy.