BARSNESS v. GENERAL DIESEL & EQUIPMENT CO.

Civ.No. 10918.

383 N.W.2d 840 (1986)

Raymond BARSNESS, an Individual, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GENERAL DIESEL & EQUIPMENT CO., INC., a North Dakota Corporation, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff and Appellee, v. FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH and Northern Improvement Co., Third-Party Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aarestad, Briggs & Jones, Fargo, for plaintiff and appellant; argued by Wayne G. Aarestad.

Cahill, Jeffries & Maring, Moorhead, for defendant, third-party plaintiff and appellee General Diesel & Equipment Co., Inc.; argued by David S. Maring.


MESCHKE, Justice.

Raymond Barsness sued General Diesel & Equipment Company [General Diesel] on theories of negligent entrustment and negligent failure to warn for injuries he sustained when the manbasket he was occupying became disengaged from a crane supplied by General Diesel. The trial court held that General Diesel owed no duty to Barsness under either theory. Barsness appeals from the district court summary judgment dismissing his action. We reverse and remand...

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