Legal Opinion
Burr v. Apex Concrete Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 19, 1976No. 2-57316PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
The principal question in this appeal is whether the owner of a concrete ready-mix truck has tort responsibility for the conduct of a concrete contractor’s employees when they give directions to the truck driver as he backs the truck and when they help him position the unloading chute.
On March 20, 1972, plaintiff Donald Burr was an employee of Leonard Reed Construction Company (Reed), which had a subcontract to do the. concrete work in an apartment complex in West Des Moines, Iowa. Defendant Apex Concrete Company (Apex) delivered concrete in ready-mix trucks. Reed’s foreman…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Mathews v. BeyerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
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