SHEPHERD COMPONENTS v. BRICE PETRIDES ET AL.

No. 89-1256.

473 N.W.2d 612 (1991)

SHEPHERD COMPONENTS, INC., Appellee, v. BRICE PETRIDES-DONOHUE & ASSOCIATES, INC., and Peterson Contractors, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Udelhofen of Jones, Hoffmann & Huber, Des Moines, for appellant Brice Petrides—Donohue & Associates, Inc.

James E. Walsh, Jr., and Paul W. Demro of Clark, Butler, Walsh & McGivern, Waterloo, for appellant Peterson Contractors, Inc.

Edward J. Gallagher, Jr., and Cynthia A. Scherrman, of Gallagher, Langlas & Gallagher, Waterloo, for appellee.

Patrick M. Roby and Diane Kutzko of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for amici curiae Iowa Engineering Soc., et al.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


SCHULTZ, Justice.

Plaintiff Shepherd Components (Shepherd) commenced this action after a wall of its cinder block building collapsed during excavation work performed on adjacent property for a city sewer project. Defendant Brice Petrides—Donohue & Associates, Inc. (Brice), an engineering firm, prepared the plans and specifications for the project. Codefendant Peterson Contractors, Inc. (Peterson), was the contractor...

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