KRAGEL v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 94-705.

537 N.W.2d 699 (1995)

Bernadine KRAGEL and Paul Kragel, Jr., Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellee. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Third-Party Plaintiff/Cross Appellee, v. James LAUBSCHER d/b/a Laubscher Roofing Co., a/k/a Laubscher Roofing Service, Third-Party Defendant/Cross Appellant. James LAUBSCHER d/b/a Laubscher Roofing Co., a/k/a Laubscher Roofing Service, Fourth-Party Plaintiff/Cross Appellant, v. Dennis LOBAUGH d/b/a Loby's Auto & Sandblasting, Fourth-Party Defendant/Cross Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed H. Reitz of Reimer, Lohman & Reitz, Denison, for appellants.

John D. Ackerman and Marvin Heidman of Eidsmoe, Heidman, Redmond, Fredregill, Patterson & Schatz, Sioux City, for appellee/cross appellee Wal-Mart.

D.R. Franck and Michael R. Mundt of Franck, Mundt & Franck, Denison, for cross appellant Laubscher.

Warren L. Bush, Wall Lake, for cross appellant Lobaugh.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, SNELL, and TERNUS, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

In this slip and fall case, the plaintiff sued only the owner of the premises where she fell. Her husband joined in the lawsuit for loss of consortium. The owner cross-petitioned for contribution against an independent contractor whom the owner had hired to clear the premises of snow. The independent contractor in turn cross-petitioned against a subcontractor whom he hired to do the actual plowing. The owner then cross-petitioned for contribution...

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