Latendresse v. Preskey

SAND, Justice.

Curtis Latendresse [Latendresse] appealed from a summary judgment dismissing his cause of action against Robert Preskey, Minot, North Dakota, d. b. a. A-l Machine Welding & Manufacturing Company [Pres-key]. We affirm.

Latendresse, on 20 April 1978, was a regular employee of Preskey, who had workmen’s compensation coverage and whose business consisted of welding and fabricating steel parts for various heavy machines and equipment. In response to a request (presumably a special order), Preskey manufactured a steel pin, approximately 2½ feet in length and 3½ inches in diameter, to…