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PORTER v. IOWA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY

No. 1-55720.

217 N.W.2d 221 (1974)

Janet PORTER, Administrator of the Estate of Randy Laverne Porter, Deceased, Appellant, v. IOWA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish & Becker, Des Moines, and Shirley, Smith & Shirley, Perry, for appellant.

Duncan, Jones, Riley & Davis, Des Moines, for appellee Iowa Power & Light Co.

Heslinga & Heslinga, Oskaloosa, for appellee Garden Engineering service, Inc.

Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Allbee & Haynie, Des Moines, for appellee City of Altoona.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, REES, UHLENHOPP and McCORMICK, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

Plaintiff in this wrongful death action appeals judgment entered for one defendant on a directed verdict and for two other defendants on a jury verdict. We affirm the judgment entered on the directed verdict but reverse the judgments entered on the jury verdict.

Plaintiff's decedent Randy Laverne Porter was an employee of Crees Enterprises, Inc., ("Crees"), a general contractor engaged by defendant The City of Altoona, Iowa ("City") to...

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