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BECKER v. BLACK & VEATCH CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Nos. 73-1912, 73-1918.

509 F.2d 42 (1974)

E. G. BECKER, d/b/a Rent-It-Center, et al., Appellees, v. BLACK & VEATCH CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Appellant. E. G. BECKER, d/b/a Rent-It-Center, et al., Appellees, v. HOOD CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. D. Sommervold, Sioux Falls, S. D., made argument for Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers.

Donald J. Porter, Pierre, S. D., made argument for Hood Corporation.

John L. Morgan, Mitchell, S. D., made argument for Central Telephone & Utilities Corp.

Before BRIGHT, STEPHENSON, and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.

WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals we consider the indemnity claims of two defendants found liable with a third defendant1 for injuries sustained in a gas pipeline explosion.

In the jury trial below, plaintiffs named as defendants the public utility, Central Telephone & Utilities Corporation (Cengas); the contractor which had installed the pipeline, Hood Corporation; and the consulting engineer for the installation...

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