Cronk v. Iowa Power and Light Company

This is a negligence action by the estate of a deceased Des Moines waterworks employee claiming damages by reason of his untimely death.

Trial was to the court without a jury. The court found defendant negligent under the circumstances, decedent free from negligence, defendant’s negligence was the proximate cause of decedent’s death and damages. Defendant’s appeal from adverse *606judgment challenges these findings. It contends the court erred in finding: 1) defendant was negligent in failing to insulate its wires at the place of the accident, 2) defendant’s alleged negligence was a proximate…