· 7/29/1991
Dennis G. Ek Cheryl A. Ek Dennis C. Ek v. Stanley Dean Herrington, and David Hill Dick Woodbury
Citations
- 939 F.2d 839
- 91 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6022
- 91 Daily Journal DAR 9104
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 16497
- 1991 WL 136733
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- holding that transportation of logs did not generally pose peculiar risk of harm
- holding that transportation of logs did not generally pose peculiar risk of harm
- holding that transportation of logs did not generally pose peculiar risk of harm
- holding that transportation of logs did not generally pose peculiar risk of harm but independent contractor’s failure to take special precautions to anchor commodity such as several tons of logs may subject employer to liability
- applying Idaho law to hold that “the risk posed by overloading a logging truck is not a peculiar risk that arises in the normal course of logging and for which special precautions must be taken”
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Judges: Wiggins, Brunetti, Nelson
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