JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP v. CONAGRA FOODS

No. S-16-896.

917 N.W.2d 435 (2018)

301 Neb. 38

JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC., appellee, v. CONAGRA FOODS, INC., appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed September 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Landau, P.C., of Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., William F. Hargens and Lauren R. Goodman , of McGrath, North, Mullin & Kratz, P.C., L.L.O., Omaha, and on brief, Jeremy M. Feigenbaum , for appellant.

Stephen B. Kinnaird and Sarah G. Besnoff , of Paul Hastings, L.L.P., Gilbert S. Keteltas , Robert G. Abrams , and Thomas E. Hogan , of Baker Hostetler, L.L.P., and Shawn D. Renner and Andre R. Barry , of Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, L.L.P., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Kelch, and Funke, JJ.


This case arises out of an explosion at a ConAgra Foods, Inc. (ConAgra), plant in Garner, North Carolina, which killed 3 ConAgra employees and injured more than 60 others. When dozens of employees sued Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), Jacobs sought contractual indemnification from ConAgra, but ConAgra declined, and Jacobs defended...

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