SMITH v. INTER-CTY. TELEPHONE CO.

No. 59880.

559 S.W.2d 518 (1977)

Thomas Wayne SMITH, Respondent, v. The INTER-COUNTY TELEPHONE COMPANY and Telecom Engineers, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph K. Houts, St. Joseph, for appellants.

Jerold L. Drake, Grant City, for respondent.


FINCH, Judge.

Plaintiff, an employee of M. Summers Company, a general contractor which had a contract to perform a job which included laying underground telephone cables for The Inter-County Telephone Company, was injured when the walls of a trench in which he was working caved in on him. Plaintiff sued Inter-County and Telecom Engineers, Inc., an engineering firm which designed the project and which had a contract with Inter-County to inspect the job and make

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