Kreager v. Blomstrom Oil Co.

WUEST, Acting Justice.

Appellant Harold Kreager (Kreager) appeals from a judgment following a jury verdict in favor of appellee Blomstrom Oil Company (Blomstrom), and from a directed *308verdict granted in favor of appellee Texaco, Inc. (Texaco). We affirm.

On July 26, 1977, Kreager’s crop-dusting plane crashed during an attempted emergency landing, necessitated by engine failure during takeoff from his private airstrip in Kennebec, South Dakota. Although the plane received extensive damage, Kreager was unharmed.

The plane was examined by an aircraft mechanic shortly after the accident and water was…