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Troy McCormick and Lynn McCormick v. Nikkel & Associates, Inc. D/B/A NAI Electrical Contractors, a Corporation

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 25, 2012No. 10–1889PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANSFIELD, Justice.

This case presents the question whether a subcontractor that properly performs electrical work on a jobsite, then locks up the work and transfers control to the property owner, owes a duty of care to an employee of the owner electrocuted six days later when the owner fails to deener-gize the work site in contravention of various warnings and regulations. We conclude that no such duty is owed under the circumstances. Accordingly, we affirm the summary judgment granted by the district court and vacate the decision of the court of appeals reversing that grant of summary…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Thompson v. KaczinskiSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009
  2. Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2002
  3. Porter v. Iowa Power and Light CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  4. Jackson v. Petit Jean Electric Co-OpSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
  5. Hoffnagle v. McDonald's Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1994

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3Cited by41 opinions

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  3. Theresa Huck v. Wyeth, Inc. D/B/A Wyeth Schwarz Pharma, Inc. and Pliva, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2014
  4. Estate of Mercedes Gottschalk by Coexecutors Richard Gottschalk and Rebecca Rassler v. Pomeroy Development, Inc. D/B/A Pomeroy Care Center v. State of Iowa, Third-Party on Review From the Iowa Court of AppealSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
  5. Stanley v. Ameren Illinois Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2013

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