Legal Opinion
Pilgrim's Pride v. Simmons Mill
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 29, 2004No. 03-1934PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
In this indemnification action, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (“PPC”) appeals the dismissal of its third-party complaint against Simmons Mill Elevator Erection, Inc. (“Simmons”). We affirm.
This dispute stems from the death of Bill Applewhite, a Simmons employee and a resident of Texas. Pilgrim’s Pride hired Simmons to build and install a salt bin on top of a feed mill at a PPC facility in Hope, Arkansas. The parties did not exécute a written agreement of any kind to govern their relationship. While working on this project, Applewhite apparently fell from the top of the…
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