Smith v. Vestal

GIERKE, Justice.

Braun Engineering Testing of North Dakota, Inc. (Braun); the City of Williston (Williston); and Michelle. Smith (Smith) have appealed from summary judgments dismissing Richard Vestal and Red River Supply, Inc. (Red River), as parties. We dismiss the appeals.

Smith sued Vestal, Williston, Burlington Northern Railroad Corporation (Burlington Northern) and Braun for damages resulting from the death of William Smith, an employee of Red River, who was killed when his employer’s cement storage facility collapsed. The complaint alleged that Vestal was Red River’s contractor for…