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DeLAPP v. XTRAMAN, INC.

No. 86-1364.

417 N.W.2d 219 (1987)

Betty Jean DeLAPP, as Executor of the Estate of Paul Erwin DeLapp, Deceased, Appellant, v. XTRAMAN, INCORPORATED, A Georgia Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Cortese II of Jones, Hoffman & Davison, Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard N. Winders of Herrick, Langdon & Langdon, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN and SNELL, JJ.

SNELL, Justice.

On June 11, 1985, appellant Betty Jean DeLapp, as executor of the estate of Paul Erwin DeLapp, initiated the present products liability action, seeking compensatory damages under a theory of strict liability for Paul DeLapp's fatal injuries which allegedly resulted from his use of a defective hoist. The petition alleges the hoist was manufactured by Xtraman, Incorporated (hereinafter Xtraman I), a Louisiana corporation, sometime prior to 1980. Appellee...

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