Omaha National Bank v. Omaha Public Power District

This is an action for damages for the death of plaintiff’s decedent, Lewis E. Nichols, who was electrocuted on the farm of his employer. The action is brought by plaintiff as executor of decedent’s estate against Omaha Public Power District, the owner of an electrical distribution line supplying electrical power to the farm. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence OPPD moved to dismiss the petition. This motion was sustained.

Decedent was the farm director for Roberts Dairy Co., which owned and operated a dairy farm % mile south of Elkhorn, Nebraska. He was electrocuted on June 15, 1967, while…