LARSON v. MASSEY-FERGUSON, INC.

No. 2-66359.

328 N.W.2d 343 (1982)

Randy LARSON, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. MASSEY-FERGUSON, INC., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

As Corrected December 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Langdon and William R. Clark, Jr., of Herrick, Langdon & Langdon, Des Moines, for defendant-appellant/cross-appellee.

Thomas J. Reilly and William J. Conroy, Jr., Des Moines, for plaintiff-appellee/cross-appellant.

Considered en banc.


SNELL, Judge.

Defendant appeals the judgment for plaintiff in a worker's compensation action under Iowa Code chapter 85 (1975), contending the trial court erred in the following respects (1) by utilizing an incorrect definition of gross negligence; (2) by finding defendant's conduct constituted gross negligence; (3) by rejecting defendant's defense of assumption of the risk and (4) by holding contributory negligence is not available to defendant as a defense when...

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