Winkler v. Gilmore & Tatge Mfg. Co., Inc.

PEDERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding Gilmore & Tatge Mfg. Co., Inc. (Gilmore) attorney fees and costs incurred while defending an action for damages brought by Richard Winkler, for injuries he suffered while descending a ladder on a grain dryer built by Kent Manufacturing and distributed by Gilmore. We affirm.

While harvesting sunflowers, Winkler noticed that the auger belt on the grain dryer he was operating had slipped, apparently because it was clogged with sunflowers. To determine where the dryer was clogged, Winkler turned the dryer off and climbed the ladder…