HAMMANN v. U.S.

No. 93-1361.

24 F.3d 976 (1994)

Mary HAMMANN, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Bradley Hammann, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Barron County, Wisconsin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel W. Brodd (argued), and Paul R. Dahlberg, Doar, Drill & Skow, Baldwin, WI, for plaintiff-appellant.

Richard D. Humphrey, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., and Raymond G. Clausen (argued), Stilp & Wells, Madison, WI, for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, District Judge.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from the tragic death of Bradley Hammann on his family's dairy farm in Western Wisconsin. Mr. Hammann was asphyxiated when he ventured into a manure reception pit looking for his missing three year old daughter, who he apparently thought might have wandered into the pit. His widow, Mary Hammann-Stauner, brought this wrongful death action against the United States and Barron County, Wisconsin, contending that the...

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