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ntThe funeral was largely attended.$20,000 SUIT FILED IN DISTRICT COURTngAn Insurance company lias filed a $20,00D damage suit in district courL against the1 lowa-Illinois Gas and Electric company and the Tobin Packing company on bell alt of a construction worker in* jured bv a high tension wire in 1947, •The insurance company* the St, Paul Mercury Indemnity company of St. Paul, Minn,, is acting for Oliver McGruder, East Lawn Acres, a construction worker who lost a hand when a steel tape measure he was holding came in contact with an overhead electric wire at the Tobin company Dec. 23, 1947.They charge negligence on the part of both of the defendants, claiming that they were jointly responsible for the existence of the electric cable,The insurance company, which alteges it has paid claims totaling $3,909.17 to McGruder as a result of the accident, states that it is bringing suit under the subrogation provisions of the law whereby an insurer may bring suit to the same extent that the insured might bring suit for himself.Attorneys for the plaintiff arc Breen, Breen ond McCormick.sciev;C(Ba:lieV rl rrtiV tc t!Tid
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Fort Dodge Messenger and Chronicle
Fort Dodge, Iowa, US
Sat, Dec 17, 1949
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