Vincent v. PARKLAND LIGHT & POWER CO., INC.

This appeal raises the question of whether attorney’s fees are properly awarded in an action for common-law indemnity. The parties to this appeal, Parkland Light & Water Co., Inc. and Pacific Lutheran University, Inc., successfully defended a personal injury action brought by plaintiff, Melvin Vincent.

Vincent, an employee of PLU, had claimed injuries from coming in contact with a bare wire connection leading into a building on which he was working. He claimed negli gence of Parkland Light & Water Co., for failing to insulate the wire as required by the state electric code, and PLU for failure…