International Maintenance Corp. v. Inland Paper Board & Packaging, Inc.

Mikell, Judge.

This is an appeal of the trial court’s dismissal of intervenors International Maintenance Corporation (“IMC”) and National Union Fire Insurance Company (“National Union”) from the underlying personal injury action. The intervenors also appeal the dismissal of two defendants who settled with the plaintiffs. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The underlying claim arose on January 24, 1996, when a removable steel staircase and platform fell on Jonathan Massey, severing his spinal cord and rendering him paralyzed from the waist down. It is undisputed that Massey was injured in…