United States Eighth Circuit

Supplier of electricity owes an ordinary degree of care to plaintiff's decedent who died in helicopter crash, and the trial court's instruction setting out that standard - rather than highest degree of care instruction urged by plaintiff - was correct.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2000
• Published 12/19/2000

Judges

• TUNHEIM, District Judge., Before McMILLIAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and TUNHEIM, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bryson R. Cloon, Overland Park, KS, argued, (Jon A. Blongewics, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David P. Madden, Overland Park, KS, argued, (Kely A. Feyh and James J. Virtel, on the brief), for appellee.