HANOVER LTD. v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 880042-CA.

758 P.2d 443 (1988)

HANOVER LIMITED, a partnership, Western Maintenance and Management, Inc., a Utah corporation, and Brooke Grant, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, a Kansas corporation; Cessna Finance Corporation, a Kansas corporation; Teledyne Industries, Inc., a California corporation; AAR Northwest, Inc., a Deleware corporation; and Trans West Aircraft Sales, Inc., a Utah corporation, Defendants. TRANS WEST AIRCRAFT SALES, INC., Cross-claimant and Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, a Kansas corporation, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Utah.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul N. Cotro-Manes, Salt Lake City, for defendant-appellant Trans West Aircraft Sale, Inc.

H. Wayne Wadsworth, R.L. Knuth, Watkiss & Campbell, Salt Lake City, for respondent Cessna Aircraft Co.

Before BILLINGS, GREENWOOD and DAVIDSON, JJ.


OPINION

BILLINGS, Judge:

Trans West, a retail seller, appeals from a summary judgment which denied it indemnification for attorney fees, costs, and expenses from Cessna Aircraft Company, the manufacturer, and Cessna Finance Corporation, co-defendants in a product liability lawsuit based upon an allegedly defective airplane. Trans West seeks a reversal of the summary judgment arguing the trial court misapplied the law, or, alternatively, the trial court erred...

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