Collins v. Kiewit Construction Co.

The plaintiff, Collins, an employee of N.B. Jon-Son Steel Erectors, Inc. (Jon-Son), a subcontractor, was injured at a work site where the defendant, Kiewit Construction Co. (Kiewit), was the general contractor. Temporary stairs providing access to a building were removed by Kiewit, and, failing to notice their absence, Collins fell when leaving the building. After Collins sued Kiewit for negligence, Kiewit filed a third-party complaint essentially seeking indemnifica*797tian from Jon-Son. A bifurcated trial was held in the Superior Court with Collins’s claim being tried first to a jury. The jury…