Wells Dairy, Inc. v. American Industrial Refrigeration, Inc.

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, we peer into the abyss of indemnity law. Specifically, we must de cide whether the district court properly granted summary judgment in favor of American Industrial Refrigeration, Inc. (AIR) and Refrigeration Valves & Systems Corp. (RVS) in an indemnification action brought by Wells Dairy, Inc. following a fire and explosion at one of its plants. The explosion and subsequent fee allegedly prevented Wells from completing performance of its contract with Pillsbury Co., Inc. to produce ice cream. The district court granted AIR and RVS summary judgment on Wells’…