Walls v. Jacob North Printing Co., Inc.

NEUMAN, Justice.

Plaintiff Michel Walls brought this tort action against defendants, Jacob North Printing Co., Inc. and Unisource Worldwide, Inc., on the theory someone employed by the defendants moved and then negligently replaced a ladder which gave way when Walls later tried to descend it. 1 The district court granted defendants’ motions for summary judgment, finding the record — viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff — could at best prompt the jury to speculate as to who that “someone” was. On Walls’ appeal, a panel of our court of appeals (with one judge dissenting) disagreed…