Zimmer v. Carlton County Co-Op Power Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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• holding that utility did not owe duty to worker who was injured by energized power lines
• holding employer owed no duty to employee of independent contractor where no claim was made that employer retained control over how repairs would be done and no claim that condition of premises was unreasonably dangerous
• holding employer owed no duty to employee of independent contractor where no claim was made that employer retained control over how repairs would be done and no claim that condition of premises was unreasonably dangerous
• refusing to impose duty on company to make sure that its independent contractor uses safe procedures; effect would be to impose vicarious liability on company for negligence of independent contractor
• refusing to impose duty on company to make sure that its independent contractor uses safe procedures; effect would be to impose vicarious liability on company for negligence of independent contractor
• “Respondent had no duty to warn appellant of the dangers involved with power line work.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).