Legal Opinion
Fleck v. ANG Coal Gasification Co.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 1994No. Civ. 940062PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.
Melvin Fleck appealed from a summary judgment dismissing his personal injury action against ANG Coal Gasification Company [ANG]. We affirm.
ANG operates a coal gasification plant in Beulah, North Dakota. In 1984, ANG hired Ceramic Cooling Tower Company [CCT] to replace plastic tiles with ceramic tiles in the water cooling towers at ANG’s plant. The parties agree that CCT was an independent contractor.
Fleck was an employee of CCT. Part of Fleck’s job included removing the existing plastic tiles from the inside of the water cooling towers. These plastic tiles were…
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