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TIGGES v. CITY OF AMES

No. 83-469.

356 N.W.2d 503 (1984)

Carroll TIGGES, As Administrator of the Estate of Roger D. Tigges, Deceased, Appellee, v. CITY OF AMES, A Municipal Corporation, Appellant, and Wayne W. Nathem, Appellee. and CITY OF AMES, A Municipal Corporation, Appellant, v. WAYNE'S EXCAVATING, JoAnn E. Nathem, Wayne W. Nathem and Wayne's Excavating, Ltd., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Terrill of Maurer & Terrill, Ames, and Robert G. Allbee, L.W. Rosebrook and Richard W. Hoffmann of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, for appellant.

Max E. Kirk and William C. Ball of Ball, Kirk & Holm, Waterloo, for appellee Administrator.

John B. Grier of Cartwright, Druker & Ryden, Marshalltown, for appellees Nathems and Wayne's Excavating.

Considered en banc.

SCHULTZ, Justice.

In the summer of 1978 Roger D. Tigges, an employee of Wayne's Excavating, was killed in a tragic accident caused by a cave-in at a sewer construction project in the city of Ames. The administrator of Tigges' estate brought a wrongful death action against the City of Ames and Tigges' supervisor on the work project, Wayne Nathem (Wayne), charging the City with negligence and Wayne with gross negligence. The construction contract with Wayne's Excavating...

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