KEEFER v. AL JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION CO.

Nos. 42550, 42551.

193 N.W.2d 305 (1971)

Jack KEEFER and Pacific Employers Insurance Company, Respondents, v. AL JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION CO., and Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., defendants and third-party plaintiffs, Respondents-Appellants, v. WISCOMBE SOUTHERN PAINTING COMPANY, third-party defendant, Appellant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robb, Van Eps & Gilmore and Don James Chantry, Minneapolis, for respondents-appellants Johnson & Kiewit.

Mahoney, Dougherty, Angell & Mahoney, Minneapolis, for appellant-respondent Wiscombe Painting Co.

Robins, Meshbesher, Singer & Spence, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard and considered en banc.


OPINION

MURPHY, Justice.

Plaintiff-employee, injured in the course of his employment and a recipient of workmen's compensation benefits, brought an action for damages against the third-party general contractor. A similar action was brought by the compensation carrier against the contractor. In both actions the contractor instituted a third-party action for indemnity against the employer-subcontractor. The contractor was awarded judgment for indemnity against...

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