WELLS DAIRY, INC. v. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION, INC.

No. 06-1018.

762 N.W.2d 463 (2009)

WELLS DAIRY, INC., Appellant, v. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION, INC., and Refrigeration Valves and Systems Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juli Wilson Marshall, Mary Rose Alexander, Thomas J. Heiden, Andre M. Geverola, and Matthew J. Johnson of Latham & Watkins, LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Richard H. Moeller of Berenstein, Moore, Berenstein, Heffernan & Moeller, L.L.P., Sioux City, and Bruce E. Johnson of Cutler Law Firm, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellant.

Matthew T. Early of Rawlings, Neiland, Probasco, Killinger, Ellwanger, Jacobs & Mohrhauser, LLP, Sioux City, and Michael D. Hutchens, Jenneane L. Jansen, and Jennifer E. Ampulski of Meagher & Geer, PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellee American Industrial Refrigeration, Inc.

John D. Mayne and Missy J. Denton of Bikakis, Mayne, Arenson & Hindman, Sioux City, and Lindsay G. Arthur and Christopher D. Newkirk of Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for appellee Refrigeration Valves and Systems Corporation.


APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we peer into the abyss of indemnity law. Specifically, we must decide whether the district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of American Industrial Refrigeration, Inc. (AIR) and Refrigeration Valves & Systems Corp. (RVS) in an indemnification action brought by Wells Dairy, Inc. following a fire and explosion at one of its plants. The explosion and subsequent fire allegedly...

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