EICKELBERG v. DEERE & CO.

No. 61344.

276 N.W.2d 442 (1979)

James L. EICKELBERG, Appellant, v. DEERE & COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven K. Warbasse and William C. Ball of Ball & Nagle, Waterloo, for appellant.

George Lindeman of Lindeman & Yagla, Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, McCORMICK, ALLBEE and McGIVERIN, JJ.


ALLBEE, Justice.

Plaintiff, James L. Eickelberg, was injured when his hand was caught between the belt and sheave of a variable speed transmission on the left side of a John Deere Model 95 combine. That implement belonged to Robert Rose, whom plaintiff had hired to harvest his soybeans. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was attempting to assist Rose in making minor repairs of the machine in the field.

As originally pleaded, the lawsuit was against Deere...

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