BENSON v. HERITAGE INN, INC.

No. 98-154.

971 P.2d 1227 (1998)

1998 MT 330

Christell BENSON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HERITAGE INN, INC., a corporation; and John Does I-XX, Defendants and Appellants. Heritage Inn, Inc., a Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff and Appellant, v. James Talcott Construction, Inc., a Montana Corporation, Third-Party Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.D. Nybo; Conklin, Nybo, LeVeque & Lanning, P.C.; Great Falls, Montana For Appellant.

Channing J. Hartelius; Hartelius, Ferguson, Baker & Kazda; Great Falls, Montana; and Paul R. Haffeman; Davis, Hatley, Haffeman & Tighe, P.C.; Great Falls, Montana (for Benson); J. Dirk Beccari; Quane, Smith, Howard & Hull; Missoula, Montana (for Talcott Construction) For Respondents.


Justice JIM REGNIER delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 On January 5, 1996, Christell Benson brought this case in the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, for injuries she sustained from a slip and fall accident on the sidewalk ramp of the Heritage Inn Motel in Great Falls. On October 16, 1996, Heritage Inn filed a third-party claim against Talcott Construction, Inc., the Heritage Inn building contractor, for indemnification. On...

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