VAN ESSEN v. MCCORMICK ENTERPRISES CO.

No. 98-131.

599 N.W.2d 716 (1999)

Larry VAN ESSEN and Rebecca Van Essen, Appellants, v. Farmers Cooperative Exchange, Defendant, and McCORMICK ENTERPRISES CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Ward, Des Moines, for appellants.

Frank A. Comito and Kent A. Gummert of Austin, Gaudineer & Comito, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, TERNUS, CADY, and HARRIS, JJ.


TERNUS, Justice.

The appellant, Larry Van Essen, suffered a severe injury to his leg when his foot was caught in an exposed auger located in a grain bin owned by the appellee, McCormick Enterprises Company [hereinafter "McCormick"], and leased to the defendant, Farmers Cooperative Exchange [hereinafter "the Coop"]. The district court granted McCormick's motion for summary judgment, concluding that McCormick owed no duty to Van Essen. We agree and so affirm.

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