VIETZ v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 38463.

203 N.W.2d 513 (1973)

189 Neb. 514

Donald J. VIETZ, Appellant, v. TEXACO, INC., a foreign corporation, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt E. James, Lincoln, for appellant.

Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, Frederic H. Kauffman, Nelson, Harding, Marchetti, Leonard & Tate, Lincoln, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, NEWTON and CLINTON, JJ.


BOSLAUGH, Justice.

The plaintiff, Donald J. Vietz, was injured on March 21, 1968, when he was struck on the shoulder by an overhead door at the filling station where he was employed. The door closed suddenly when one of the two coil springs used to hold the door in a raised position broke unexpectedly. The principal defendants are Texaco, Inc., the owner of the station, and Yant Equipment Co., Inc., which had performed maintenance work on the door.

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