Butz v. World Wide, Inc.

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

The parties have requested that we answer certified questions of law presented by the district court. We decline to do so.

Charles Butz, Jr., was seriously injured in a 1984 accident while riding a “Super Tube” being towed by a boat. He sued Jack A. Werner, Cass Oil Co., and World Wide, Inc. He secured a substantial damage award on a strict liability claim. We affirmed the judgment in Butz v. Werner, 438 N.W.2d 509 (N.D.1989).

In 1990, Butz’s wife, Rose Marie Butz, and his children, Scott, Dawn, and Robert Butz, sued World Wide, Inc., and Cass Oil Co. for their loss of…