CHAPMAN v. SPARTA

No. 96-474.

702 A.2d 132 (1997)

John CHAPMAN v. Andrew SPARTA, Green Mountain Tile Distributors and Bennington House of Tile, Inc.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Brady and Timothy B. Richards of Richards and Brady, P.C., Springfield, for plaintiff-appellant.

James B. Grussing of Eaton & Hayes, P.C., Woodstock, for defendants-appellees.

Before AMESTOY, C.J., and GIBSON, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


JOHNSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Chapman appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Sparta. He argues that the court erred by characterizing his indemnity action as an attempt to obtain contribution between joint tortfeasors. We reverse and remand because material facts remain in dispute.

Chapman laid floor tiles provided by defendant in the entryway of a building Chapman constructed and now owns. In January 1992, Craig Smith slipped...

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