Wrongful Death Action Against Power Company

In Eubank v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., No. 09-2038, a wrongful death action against Kansas City Power and Light Company (KCPL), the company that supplied electricity to a U.S. General Services Administration facility where the decedent was killed, the court affirmed the dismissal of KCPL’s third-party complaint, holding that the U.S. had not assumed a duty to KCPL to protect government employees from hazardous electrical equipment simply by choosing KCPL as an electrical provider.

Related Resources

  • Read the Eighth Circuit’s Decision in Eubank v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., No. 09-2038

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