GERSDORF v. R. D. WERNER CO., INC.

No. 81-160.

316 N.W.2d 517 (1982)

Richard GERSDORF, et al., Appellants, v. R. D. WERNER CO., INC., Respondent, Pasqualie Strangis, Respondent. Pasqualie STRANGIS, Third-Party Plaintiff, Respondent, v. G. M. STEWART LUMBER COMPANY, INC., Third-Party Defendant, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Engberg & Peterson and Thomas W. Wexler, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Mahoney, Dougherty & Mahoney, Kenneth Gleason and Thomas E. Dougherty, Minneapolis, for R. D. Werner Co., Inc. and G. M. Steward Lumber Company, Inc.

Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Richard H. Krochock and David J. Moskal, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


YETKA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order for judgment dated December 23, 1980, and an order dated January 23, 1981, denying plaintiff's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. Plaintiffs brought this action against Pasqualie Strangis and R. D. Werner Company for damages resulting from the use of an allegedly defective ladder. The case was submitted to the jury on special interrogatories. During deliberation, the jury submitted a...

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