MID-CONTINENT FREIGHT L. v. HIGHWAY TRAILER INDUS.

Nos. 42454, 42855.

190 N.W.2d 670 (1971)

MID-CONTINENT FREIGHT LINES, INC., Respondent, v. HIGHWAY TRAILER INDUSTRIES, INC., defendant and third-party plaintiff, Appellant, v. HUTCHENS AND SON METAL PRODUCTS INC., third-party defendant, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richards, Montgomery, Cobb & Bassford, Melvin D. Heckt and Jon D. Jensvold, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Robins, Davis & Lyons, Minneapolis, for Mid-Continent Freight Lines, Inc.

Wurst, Bundlie, Carroll & Crouch and Norman Larsen, Minneapolis, for Hutchens and Son Metal Products, Inc.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and NELSON, PETERSON, KELLY, and ROLLOFF, JJ.


OPINION

PETERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court's orders dismissing an indemnity action against a nonresident third-party defendant brought by a nonresident defendant subject to a products liability action in this state brought by a resident plaintiff.

Defendant and third-party plaintiff, Highway Trailer Industries, Inc. (hereafter Highway Industries), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Edgerton, Wisconsin...

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