FERGUSON v. BENSON

Nos. 45370-45374.

244 N.W.2d 116 (1976)

David L. FERGUSON, a Minor, by Bertie M. Ferguson, His Father and Natural Guardian, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Orville S. BENSON, defendant and third-party plaintiff, Respondent, v. WOODRICH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, third-party defendant, Respondent, v. SORENSON BROTHERS, INCORPORATED, third-party defendant, Appellant, and William T. JOHANSON, as Trustee of the Cause of Action Arising Out of the Death of Frances Benson, et al., Respondents, v. WOODRICH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, defendant and third-party plaintiff, Respondent, SORENSON BROTHERS, INC., defendant and third-party plaintiff, Appellant, v. Orville BENSON, third-party defendant, Respondent, and LaVonne FERGUSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Orville S. BENSON, defendant and third-party plaintiff, Respondent, v. WOODRICH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, third-party defendant, Respondent, SORENSON BROTHERS, INC., third-party defendant, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 18, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Eps, Gilmore & Chantry and Duane Arndt and Wayne Tritbough, Minneapolis, for Sorenson Bros.

Ross Muir and John Steward, Rochester, for Benson.

Baudler & Baudler, Austin, for Johanson.

Castor Ditzler & Klukas, Minneapolis, for Woodrich.

Heard before KELLY, MacLAUGHLIN and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


MacLAUGHLIN, Justice.

These negligence actions were brought by several plaintiffs injured in an automobile accident against two highway construction contractors for allegedly allowing dirt to be deposited on a highway and then failing to adequately remedy this hazardous condition or warn the public. The jury found that the contractors were 70-percent causally negligent for the injuries sustained by the plaintiffs. Sorenson Brothers, Inc., appeals from a denial of...

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