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KROGER v. OWEN EQUIPMENT & ERECTION CO.

No. 76-1187.

558 F.2d 417 (1977)

Geraldine KROGER, Administratrix of the Estate of James D. Kroger, Deceased, Appellee, v. OWEN EQUIPMENT & ERECTION COMPANY, a Nebraska Corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Stave, Omaha, Neb., for appellant; David A. Johnson, Omaha, Neb., on the brief.

Warren C. Schrempp, Omaha, Neb., for appellee; Richard E. Shugrue, Omaha, Neb., on the brief.

Before LAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 16, 1977.

TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

This case involves the death of a workman assisting in moving a large steel tank. The tank was being moved by a large crane, the boom of which came into contact with high tension electric power lines, resulting in the workman's electrocution. At the time the deceased was 28 years of age with a wife and four children. The plaintiff, his widow, as administratrix of his...

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