ESLER v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

No. 78-1173.

585 F.2d 903 (1978)

June ESLER, Appellee, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., and Norris Shoaf, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Niewald (argued) Niewald, Risjord & Waldeck, and Ronald K. Barker, Kansas City, Mo., filed briefs for appellants.

Randall E. Hendricks (argued) of Stinson, Mag, Thomson, McEvers & Fizzell, and Paul E. Donnelly, Kansas City, Mo., filed brief for appellee.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and HANSON, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 13, 1978.

PER CURIAM.

Safeway Stores, Inc., and Norris Shoaf appeal from a judgment entered after a jury trial awarding June Esler $152,000 for the wrongful death of her husband, John Esler. John Esler was killed when a tractor-trailer, owned by Safeway and driven by Shoaf, struck the boom arm of a crane that supported a basket in which Esler was working on a traffic signal light. The collision propelled Esler...

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