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CINCINNATI INS. CO. v. EVANS

No. 91-1796.

493 N.W.2d 798 (1992)

CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. Thomas J. EVANS, Ames Stationers, Inc., Defendants, and Permagrain Products, Inc., Appellant, GoJo Industries, Inc., Appellee. Eleanor H. POWER and Wilson H. Power; Marshall Scarlow, Trustee of the A.M. Scarlow Trust; Youth and Shelter Services, Inc.; and Cretex Corporation d/b/a Iowa Concrete Products, Plaintiffs, v. Thomas J. EVANS, Ames Stationers, Inc., Defendants, and Permagrain Products, Inc., Appellant, GoJo Industries, Inc., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Hardy, Daniel J. Hanson, and Ken A. Winjum of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for appellant.

Stanley A. Roush of Warbasse & Roush, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

Permagrain Products, Inc., manufacturer of a floor conditioner, appeals following a directed verdict for GoJo Industries, Inc., manufacturer of a hand soap, in an action for contribution following a fire, which, Permagrain claims, was caused in part by GoJo's soap. We reverse and remand.

Thomas J. Evans operated a store in Ames, Iowa, called Ames Stationers, Inc. In reconditioning the wood floor, Evans used Permagrain's floor conditioner,...

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