Barrus v. Wilkinson

CALLISTER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Inez Barrus, an employee of the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, slipped and fell on a tile floor in the common passageway of a building owned by Harold N. and Lurene G. Wilkinson. Plaintiff brought an action against the defendants, claiming they were careless and negligent in proximately causing her fall. Defendants denied and alleged contributory negligence.

The defendants also filed a third party complaint against the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, a lessee of part of the building. Against the Insurance Company, the defendants alleged 1)…