HUDSON v. SNYDER BODY, INC.

Nos. 51670, 51752.

326 N.W.2d 149 (1982)

Donald and Lena HUDSON, Respondents, v. SNYDER BODY, INC., Appellant (51670), Perfection Cobey Co., Appellant (51752), Potomac Ford Truck Sales, third party defendant, Respondent, Jack L. Olsen, Inc., third party defendant, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hanft, Fride, O'Brien & Harries and Gaylord W. Swelbar, Duluth, for Snyder Body, Inc.

Johnson, Fredin, Killen, Thibodeau & Seiler, John J. Killen and Nicholas Ostapenko, Duluth, for Perfection Cobey Co.

Halverson, Watters, Bye, Downs & Maki and Don L. Bye, Duluth, for Hudson.

Donovan, McCarthy, Crassweller, Larson & Magie and Robert H. Magie III, Duluth, for Potomac Ford Truck Sales.

Mathias & Brown and Mark L. Knutson, Duluth, for Jack L. Olsen, Inc.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


WAHL, Justice.

This action is based on claims arising from an accident in which respondent Donald Hudson was injured when the box of a dump truck dropped on his shoulder. Hudson and his wife, Lena Hudson, brought their claim in negligence and strict liability against Perfection-Cobey Company (Perfection), the manufacturer of the hoist that raised the box of the truck; Potomac Ford Truck Sales, Inc. (Potomac), the dealer that supplied the chassis on which the box was...

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