Negley v. Massey Ferguson, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fromme, J.:

The present appeal poses questions arising from the interaction between the workmen’s compensation law and the comparative negligence statute. In considering these two statutes this court is confronted with the relative equities present when there is a concurrently negligent employer and a negligent third-party tort-feasor. These two cases were consolidated and jointly tried in the district court to a single jury. The cases arose from a single occurrence. Dwight Negley and Robert Nichols were employees of Orrland, Inc. They were electrocuted…