Barrons v. J. H. Findorff & Sons, Inc.

This case arose as a result of an accident in which Thomas E. Barrons, an employee of Merle A. Patnode Company, a subcontractor of Reinke & Schomann, Inc., was injured while working on a construction project. The action of Barrons for damages for personal injuries he sustained has been settled and therefore is not involved in this appeal.

The appeal concerns the general contractor, three subcontractors and two indemnity agreements. The parties to the appeal are two of the subcontractors, United States Steel Corporation, third-party defendant and appellant, and Reinke & Schomann, Inc.,…