Legal Opinion
Nepstad v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 3, 1951No. 35,341PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Christianson, Justice.
This case involves an action in tort to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff in an accident occurring at Menomonie, Wisconsin, on August 6,1946.
It will perhaps make the preliminary facts more meaningful if it is stated at the outset that plaintiff was injured when some portion of a truck crane made contact with a high-voltage (66,000) power line operated by defendant Northern States Power Company. The crane was being used on a construction job, and at the time it contacted the power line plaintiff was holding some steel trusses fastened to the boom of the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Driscoll v. TowleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Irwin v. KleinNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Charles v. . BarrettNew York Court of Appeals · 1922
- Aderhold v. BishopSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Ahlstrom v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Danek v. Meldrum Manufacturing & Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Moeller v. HauserSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- St. Claire v. Minnesota Harbor Service, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1962
- Morgan v. ABC MANUFACTURERSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
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