E. G. Becker, D/B/A Rent-It-Center v. Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers, E. G. Becker, D/B/A Rent-It-Center v. Hood Corporation

WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals we consider the indemnity claims of two defendants found liable with a third defendant 1 for injuries sustained in a gas pipeline explosion.

In the jury trial below, plaintiffs named as defendants the public utility, Central Telephone & Utilities Corporation (Cengas); the contractor which had installed the pipeline, Hood Corporation; and the consulting engineer for the installation, Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers. 2 The defendants filed cross-claims against each other for indemnity. The jury returned a verdict against all defendants in…