Siewert v. Northern States Power Co.

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

The district court denied Northern States Power’s (NSP) motion for summary judgment on Harlan Siewert and Greg Sie-wert’s common-law claims alleging damages and requesting injunctive relief from the effects of stray voltage on their dairy cows. Following NSP’s initial appeal from the denial of summary judgment, the district court certified, as important and doubtful, questions on whether the Sie-werts’ action is barred by the filed-rate doctrine, the primary-jurisdiction doctrine, or the statute of repose for improvements to real property. We conclude that neither the…