GONZALES v. R.J. NOVICK CONSTR. CO.

Docket No. L.A. 30829.

20 Cal.3d 798 (1978)

575 P.2d 1190

144 Cal. Rptr. 408

BEN C. GONZALES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. R.J. NOVICK CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant; VIENNA STONECRAFT, INC., Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Clausen, Gilliland, Koelsche, Roberson & Moser, William N. Roberson, Edward L. Lascher, Wendy C. Wilner and Richard C. Gilman for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Kean & Engle and Joseph A. Kean for Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Vogt & Woloz and James D. Vogt for Plaintiff and Respondent.

William P. Camusi, Wylie A. Aitken and Lawrence R. Booth as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MANUEL, J.

Cross-defendant Vienna Stonecraft, Inc., appeals from an adverse judgment on a cross-complaint for indemnity.1 We affirm.

Plaintiff Ben C. Gonzales brought the instant action against R.J. Novick Construction Company, Inc. (Novick), a general contractor, and others seeking damages for personal injuries suffered by him when he fell from a scaffold while acting in the course and...

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