WESTERN CONTRACTING CORPORATION v. ODLE

No. 17435.

331 F.2d 38 (1964)

WESTERN CONTRACTING CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellant, v. Gertrude (Trudie) M. ODLE, Administratrix of the Estate of Harold B. Odle, Paul Hardeman, Inc., and Employers of Wausau, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. Healey, Lincoln, Neb. (George Healey, Lincoln, Neb., on the brief), for appellant.

Donald P. Lay, Omaha, Neb. (John P. Miller, Omaha, Neb., Payne Ratner, Jr., and R. R. Barnes, Wichita, Kan., on the brief), for appellee Gertrude Odle, Administratrix, etc.

No argument or brief was filed in behalf of appellees, Paul Hardeman, Inc., or Employers of Wausau.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, RIDGE and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Western Contracting Corporation (Western) has taken this timely appeal from a judgment entered against it upon a jury verdict rendered for the plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Harold B. Odle, deceased, in an action for wrongful death of Mr. Odle. Western was the prime contractor with the Government for the construction of an Atlas Missile Site near York, Nebraska. Mr. Odle was employed by Paul Hardeman, Inc., (Hardeman...

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