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MICHAEL v. HARRISON COUNTY RURAL ELEC. CO-OP.

No. 2-64070.

292 N.W.2d 417 (1980)

Carl MICHAEL and Marilyn I. Michael, Appellants, v. HARRISON COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Appellee. HARRISON COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. HARRISON COUNTY and Gerald Withem, Third-Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Spellman of Spellman, Spellman, Spellman & Spellman, Perry, and James R. Welsh of Welsh, Sibbernsen & Bowen, Omaha, Neb., for appellants.

James A. Giles, Robert M. Holliday and John T. Ward of Wasker, Sullivan & Ward, Des Moines, for appellee.

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

ALLBEE, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from the judgment entered on an adverse jury verdict in their tort action arising out of injuries suffered by plaintiff Carl Michael when a dragline came in contact with defendant's high voltage, overhead electrical transmission line. Plaintiff Marilyn I. Michael's claim is based on loss of consortium.

The accident occurred on February 27, 1976, while Carl was working as a member of a Harrison County Road Department crew...

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