FORD v. CHICAGO, M., ST. P. & P. R. CO.

No. 50309.

294 N.W.2d 844 (1980)

Kenneth L. FORD, et al., Respondents, v. The CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., defendant and third-party plaintiff, Appellant, v. FARMERS UNION GRAIN TERMINAL ASSOCIATION, third-party defendant, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel and Scott K. Goldsmith, Minneapolis, for defendant and third-party plaintiff, appellant.

John F. Bonner, Jr., and Nancy A. Miller, Minneapolis, for Ford, et al.

Rosenmeier & Simonett and John E. Simonett, Little Falls, for Farmers Union Grain Terminal Assn.

Heard before TODD, YETKA and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

Kenneth L. and Pamela A. Ford brought this action against the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the railroad") for injuries sustained by Kenneth Ford when the ladder on which he was working was hit by a train. The railroad impleaded the Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association ("the grain terminal"), which owned the property on which the accident occurred and which was obligated by contract to keep the tracks clear.

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