TRUSHCHEFF v. ABELL-HOWE CO.

No. 2-56293.

239 N.W.2d 116 (1976)

James R. TRUSHCHEFF and Jeanne Trushcheff, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ABELL-HOWE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Holman Erection Company, Defendant-Appellee. ABELL-HOWE COMPANY, Cross-Petitioner-Appellant, v. HOLMAN ERECTION COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant to Cross-Petition-Appellee, R. L. Koder Company, Inc., a corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, Iowa Decks Incorporated and Universal Climate Control, Third-Party Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swisher & Cohrt, Waterloo, for appellant.

David F. McGuire, Cedar Rapids, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Lynch, Dallas, Smith & Harman, Cedar Rapids, for defendant to cross-petition-appellee, Holman Erection Co.

Ralph W. Gearhart, of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, for third-party defendant-appellee, R. L. Koder Co., Inc.

Robert C. Nelson and Walter Homsey, Jr., Cedar Rapids, for third-party defendant, Iowa Decks Inc.

Silliman, Gray & Stapleton, Cedar Rapids, for third-party defendant, Universal Climate Control, Inc.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, LeGRAND, REES and McCORMICK, JJ.


RAWLINGS, Justice.

Action at law by plaintiffs, James R. Trushcheff (Trushcheff) and Jeanne Trushcheff, husband and wife, against Abell-Howe Company (Abell-Howe) and Holman Erection Company (Holman) for recovery of damages resulting from Trushcheff's fall through a roof opening in a building then under construction. Trial jury returned verdicts for plaintiffs against defendant Abell-Howe and it appeals from judgments accordingly entered. We affirm.

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