VAN ORNUM v. OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY

Civ. No. 8847.

210 N.W.2d 207 (1973)

Louise VAN ORNUM, as Administratrix and personal representative of the Estate of Claude Van Ornum, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. OTTER TAIL POWER COMPANY, a foreign corporation; and Gilbert E. Horton and Kent H. Horton, a partnership, doing business as Gilbert R. Horton, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

August 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ohnstad, Twichell, Breitling & Arntson, West Fargo, and Wattam, Vogel, Vogel & Peterson, Fargo, for plaintiff and appellant.

Ottmar & Nething, Jamestown, and Field, Arvesen, Donoho, Lundeen & Hoff, Fergus Falls, Minn., for defendant and respondent Otter Tail Power Co.

Hjellum, Weiss, Nerison, Jukkala & Vinje, Jamestown, for defendants and respondents Gilbert E. Horton and Kent H. Horton.


STRUTZ, Chief Justice.

This is a companion case to Civil No. 8846, which was brought by Louise Van Ornum individually and on behalf of her minor children and as trustee for the Workmen's Compensation Bureau, against the same defendants for the wrongful death of Claude Van Ornum, her husband. The present action is brought by the plaintiff as personal representative of the deceased for conscious pain and suffering and for punitive damages. The facts, so far as they...

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