VENTERS v. SORRENTO DELAWARE, INC.

Nos. 29854, 29139.

108 P.3d 392 (2005)

141 Idaho 245

Kathy VENTERS, surviving widow, and Jonathan Venters, surviving son of Decedent Stanley Venters, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SORRENTO DELAWARE, INC., a foreign corporation doing business in Idaho by and through an Amended Certificate of Authority as Sorrento Lactalis, Inc., aka Swiss Village Cheese Factory, Defendants-Respondents, and Bigfoot Farm, LLC, a limited liability corporation, and David L. Palfreyman, an individual; Paul I. Corddry, an individual, and Charlotte P. Corddry, an individual, Montierth Farms, LLP, a limited liability partnership, and Herbert R. Montierth, an individual; Edward R. Montierth, and Susan Montierth, an individual; and Does 1-10, Defendants. Kathy Venters, surviving widow, and Jonathan Venters, surviving son of Decedent Stanley Venters, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sorrento Delaware, Inc., a foreign corporation doing business in Idaho by and through an Amended Certificate of Authority as Sorrento Lactalis, Inc., aka Swiss Village Cheese Factory, and Bigfoot Farm, LLC, a limited liability corporation; David L. Palfreyman, an individual; Paul I. Corddry, an individual; Charlotte P. Corddry, an individual, Defendants, and Montierth Farms, LLP, a limited liability partnership; Herbert T. Montierth, an individual; Edward R. Montierth, an individual; and Susan Montierth, an individual; and Does 1-10, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, December 2004 Term.

February 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goicoechea Law Offices, Chtd., P.A., Boise, for appellants. Mitchell R. Barker argued.

Jones, Gledhill, Hess, Fuhrman, Bradbury & Eiden, P.A., Boise, for respondent Montierth Farms. Stephen J. Gledhill argued.

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett, Rock & Fields, Chtd., Boise, for respondent Sorrento Delaware. Shawn C. Nunley argued.


TROUT, Justice.

Kathy Venters and Jonathan Venters, widow and surviving son of Stanley Venters respectively, brought wrongful death actions separately against Sorrento Delaware, Inc. and Montierth Farms, LLP after Stanley Venters was killed in a work-related accident. The district judges in each case granted summary judgment to the defendants, dismissing the Venters' complaints, and we affirm.

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