The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s award of $2.8 million in a co-worker gross negligence action arising from the death of a surface mine employee.
Case: Griffith v. Kulper, No. 24-0097, 05/07/2025, published.
Facts: Michael Griffith worked for Wendling Quarries Inc. in quality control. He began training for a stockpile driver position.
Stockpile drivers drive dump trucks under lime surge hoppers — machines that load trucks with crushed rock or lime from a quarry. Material sometimes builds up inside the hopper, so stockpile drivers might have to lean over the hopper and sc...
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