Grzadzielewski v. Walsh County Mutual Insurance Co.

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, S. J. Grzadzielewski, appeals from a judgment based upon a jury determination that the loss of cattle which escaped from their pasture. and died from eating special feed which resulted in toxemia was not a direct loss due to wind. We affirm.

The facts are undisputed. Gary, Grzad-zielewski’s son, found the cattle feeding from a feeder outside their corral the morning of February 3, 1978. The cattle had escaped through a gate which was open when the cattle were discovered outside the corral. Subsequently, eleven cattle died from overeating. Grzadzielewski…