Reeves v. Ille Electric Company

The administrator of decedent’s estate brought a survival action against three defendants seeking damages for personal injuries and death of decedent, who was electrocuted in a whirlpool bath. The district court, Gallatin County, entered a judgment of dismissal as to one defendant and separate summary judgments in favor of the other two defendants. Plaintiff appeals from these judgments.

Plaintiff Reeves is the father of decedent Douglas H. Reeves and the administrator of his estate. Decedent was a student at Montana State University at Bozeman, Montana in 1973. In October of that year, he was…