Price-Orem Investment Co. v. Rollins, Brown & Gunnell, Inc.

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Plaintiff Price-Orem Investment Company (“Price-Orem”) appeals from the district court’s order dismissing its suit on the ground that it failed to join an indispensable party. Price-Orem also asserts that the trial court erred in granting a new trial to defendant Rollins, Brown and Gunnell, Inc. (“Rollins, Brown”), after the jury returned a verdict finding defendant liable for negligently surveying a building site in plaintiff’s shopping center. We reverse the trial court’s dismissal of the action and remand for trial.

In July of 1973, John Price Associates, Inc. (“JPA”), a…