OSTER v. MEDTRONIC, INC.

No. C7-87-2366.

428 N.W.2d 116 (1988)

Edwin J. OSTER, et al., Respondents, v. MEDTRONIC, INC., Construction Analysis and Management, Inc., Respondents. MEDTRONIC, INC., third-party plaintiff, Respondent, v. ALBERT KASTNER & SONS, INC., third-party defendant, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

August 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Borman, St. Paul, for Edwin J. Oster.

John H. Faricy, Jr., Minneapolis, for Marlene J. Oster.

Michael R. Peterson, Minneapolis, for Medtronic, Inc.

John F. Angell, Minneapolis, for Const. Analysis and Management, Inc.

Leon R. Erstad, Minneapolis, for Albert Kastner & Sons, Inc.

Heard, considered and decided by NORTON, P.J., and HUSPENI and KALITOWSKI, JJ.


OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

This appeal is from a trial court's ruling requiring a contractor to indemnify a construction manager for the construction manager's own negligence. We affirm.

FACTS

In 1979, Medtronic, Inc. (Medtronic) contracted with Construction Analysis and Management, Inc. (CAM) to have CAM act as the construction manager of a project aimed at building an addition onto one of Medtronic's buildings. CAM's duties included preparing...

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