Ferguson v. Krupicka

Plaintiff, Richard L. Ferguson, a farm laborer, was injured *450while hanging a barn door for his employer, defendant Robert C. Krupicka. A jury verdict was returned in favor of defendant. Plaintiff appeals; his sole assignment of error is that the court’s jury instruction No. 4 concerning defendant’s duty of safety toward plaintiff should have provided a higher degree of care because of the hazardous nature of farmwork.

This court has consistently applied the same safety rules in farm-employer liability cases as in nonfarm cases. Lyons v. Wagner, 185 Neb. 214, 174 N.W.2d 730 (1970). The given…