Legal Opinion
Caterpillar Inc. v. Trinity Industries, Inc.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided December 13, 2005No. 100,258PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JANE P. WISEMAN, Judge.
¶ 1 In this action for indemnification, defendant Trinity Industries, Inc., appeals the trial court’s judgment on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs. Caterpillar Inc. and Caterpillar Paving Products Inc. (collectively, Caterpillar). For the following reasons, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
¶ 2 The genesis of this appeal is a 1994 highway construction accident that injured two workers. The workers were operating a Caterpillar PR-1000C cold planer, a large machine that breaks up and removes asphalt and other surfaces from roads. The machine’s “teeth” were located inside…
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