Town of Radcliffe, Iowa v. P.R. Carroll, Jr.

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment for plaintiff based on a jury verdict in a personal injury action. Damages were awarded for injuries resulting from plaintiff’s fall caused by an electrical shock from contact with a worn electrical wire on defendant’s water tower. Defendant owned and maintained the water tower and had engaged plaintiff, a steeple jack, to clean and inspect the water tank. We affirm the judgment.

Jurisdiction is established by diversity of citizenship and the requisite amount in controversy. The substantive law of Iowa controls.

Plaintiff is an employee of…