BENGFORD v. CARLEM CORPORATION

No. 52535.

156 N.W.2d 855 (1968)

Rodney BENGFORD, Minor, by Raymond Bengford, his Father and next friend, Appellee, v. CARLEM CORPORATION, a Corporation, and Ford Motor Company, a Corporation, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shull, Marshall, Mayne, Marks & Vizintos, Sioux City, for appellants.

Thomas L. McCullough, Sac City, and Daniel Williamson, Earley, for appellee.


MOORE, Justice.

On July 29, 1964 plaintiff, Rodney Bengford, then age 9, lost his right leg below the knee when he became entangled in the augers of a Heider Grain-O-Vator wagon being used by his father on the farm of his employer Carlem Corporation. A Ford tractor designed, manufactured and sold by Ford Motor Company, was attached to the wagon and propelled the augers.

This is an appeal from judgment on jury verdict for plaintiff's damages against the farm...

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