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- Title: Commonwealth Pennsylvania v. United States Steel Corporation
- Author : Supreme Court of South Dakota
- Release Date : January 28, 1977
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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The facts were stipulated. The claimants deceased husband, Dale Slaugenhaupt, was afflicted with epilepsy, a fact known to his employer. On November 11, 1974, Mr. Slaugenhaupt suffered an epileptic seizure while operating his automobile in his employers parking lot about forty five minutes before he was scheduled to commence work. As a result of the seizure, Mr. Slaugenhaupt lost control of the automobile which thereafter struck two parked vehicles, proceeded 200 feet to and through a chain link fence and over a walkway, and after traveling an additional 189 feet struck and came to rest against a concrete abutment on the employers property. Mr. Slaugenhaupt died in the accident. His death was caused by blunt force injuries of the head and neck sustained in his automobile after it went out of control. The parties agreed that although the epileptic seizure caused the accident, Mr. Slaugenhaupts death was "not immediately occasioned by the epilepsy itself, but by the traumatic injuries resulting from the force of the car striking the abutment."