Legal Opinion
Geraldine Kroger, Administratrix of the Estate of James Kroger, Deceased v. Omaha Public Power District
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1975No. 74-1757PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NANGLE, District Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant, Geraldine Kroger, appeals from the decision of the District Court 1 granting summary judgment for defendant Omaha Public Power District. Appellant, as administratrix of the estate of James Kroger, brought suit based on diversity jurisdiction for damages resulting from decedent’s wrongful death by electrocution.
Appellant’s decedent was employed by Paxton & Vierling Steel Company at its factory in Carter Lake, Iowa. On January 18, 1972, decedent was involved in the movement of a large steel tank by means of a crane with a 60-foot boom. While one man…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Traylor v. Black, Sivalls & Bryson, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Giordano v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Clausen & Sons, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. Theo. Hamm Brewing Co., a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Cronk v. Iowa Power and Light CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1965
- Ruth Williams v. Jessie Eugene Chick, Jr., and Pacific Mutual Door Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. KrogerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Karin Hanke v. Global Van Lines, Incorporated, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Geraldine Kroger, Administratrix of the Estate of James D. Kroger, Deceased v. Owen Equipment & Erection Company, a Nebraska CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- Carter v. Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1991
- Owen Equipment & Erection Co. v. KrogerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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