ALCALA v. VERBRUGGEN PALLETIZING SOLUTIONS

Docket Nos. 49473/49474.

531 P.3d 1085 (2023)

Adrian Carillo ALCALA, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellant, and SunRiver of Idaho, Inc., an Idaho corporation; Employers Resource Management Company, an Idaho corporation; Employers Resource of America, Inc., an Idaho corporation; American Zurich Insurance Company, an Illinois corporation, Plaintiffs, v. VERBRUGGEN PALLETIZING SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation; Defendant-Respondent, and Verbruggen Emmeloord B.V., an entity existing under the laws of the Netherlands, Defendant-Respondent, and Volm Companies, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant. SunRiver of Idaho, Inc., an Idaho corporation; Employers Resource Management Company, an Idaho corporation; Employers Resource of America, Inc., an Idaho corporation; American Zurich Insurance Company, an Illinois corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Respondents, and Adrian Carillo Alcala, an individual, Plaintiff, v. VERBRUGGEN PALLETIZING Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Verbruggen Emmeloord B.V., an entity existing under the laws of the Netherlands, Defendants-Respondents-Cross Appellants, and Volm Companies, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, April 2023 Term.

Rehearing Denied: July 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Racine Olson, PLLP, Pocatello, for Appellant Adrian Carillo Alcala. Scott Smith argued.

Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley, LLP, Pocatello and Idaho Falls, for Appellants/Cross-Respondents SunRiver of Idaho, Inc., Employers Resource Management Company, Employers Resource of America, Inc., and Zurich Insurance Company. John Bailey, Jr. , argued.

Cooper & Larsen, Chartered, Pocatello, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions, Inc. Reed Larsen argued.

Carpenter Law Firm, PLC, Missoula, Montana, for Respondent/Cross-Appellant Verbruggen Emmeloord B.V. Charles Carpenter argued.


This consolidated appeal arises out of personal injuries Adrian Carillo Alcala ("Carillo") suffered at a potato packaging plant, SunRiver of Idaho, Inc. ("SunRiver"), after his head and shoulders were crushed by a box palletizer designed, manufactured, delivered, and installed by a Dutch company, Verbruggen Emmeloord, B.V. ("VE"...

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