Courchene v. Delaney Distributors, Inc.

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Doris Courchene, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of ValJean Courchene, appeals from a judgment entered in Williams County District Court. The judgment dismissed Courchenes’ complaint against defendants Delaney Distributors, Inc. (Delaney) and Mitchel Larson, d/b/a Larson Welding (Larson).

The Courchenes’ complaint alleged, inter alia, that ValJean and Kim Courchene were employees of the defendants when a fire erupted in Delaney’s warehouse; that the proximate cause of ValJean Cour-chene’s death and Kim Courchene’s injuries was…