context: The second Pacific Indemnity factor incorporated into the Johnson analysis is the distinction between repairs and capital improvements. Because a delivery system on the whole is routinely subject to modification or expansion, these changes are considered repairs to the ongoing service, and not capital improvements for the property owner.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 469 N.W.2d 519, 519
citation_a.parenthetical: noting that alleged improvements were designed to meet needs of cooperative distribution system
citation_a.sentence: See Johnson, 469 N.W.2d at 519 (noting that alleged improvements were designed to meet needs of cooperative distribution system); see also Aquila, 718 N.W.2d at 885 n. 1 (noting that claim in Johnson involved alleged improvements that “were part of a larger distribution system ... installed for the benefit of the power cooperative”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that claim in Johnson involved alleged improvements that "were part of a larger distribution system ... installed for the benefit of the power cooperative"
citation_b.sentence: See Johnson, 469 N.W.2d at 519 (noting that alleged improvements were designed to meet needs of cooperative distribution system); see also Aquila, 718 N.W.2d at 885 n. 1 (noting that claim in Johnson involved alleged improvements that “were part of a larger distribution system ... installed for the benefit of the power cooperative”).