RODGERS v. CHIMNEY ROCK PUBLIC POWER DIST.

No. 83-087.

345 N.W.2d 12 (1984)

216 Neb. 666

Shirley RODGERS, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Harold Rodgers, deceased, Appellant, v. CHIMNEY ROCK PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, a corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Zimmerman of Atkins, Ferguson, Zimmerman, Carney & Law, Scottsbluff, and Joseph M. Epstein of Kripke & Epstein, P.C., Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Holtorf, Kovarik, Nuttleman, Ellison, Mathis & Javoronok, P.C., Gering, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, HASTINGS, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and GRANT, JJ.


BOSLAUGH, Justice.

This is a wrongful death action brought under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act by the personal representative of Harold Rodgers, deceased. Rodgers, who will be referred to as the plaintiff, was electrocuted on October 8, 1980, while working on his farm in Morrill County, Nebraska.

The defendant, Chimney Rock Public Power District, is engaged in the distribution and sale of electrical...

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