Peerless Insurance v. Hartford Insurance

The present action arises out of a previous wrongful death suit brought by the administrator of the estate of John Doy on on behalf of Doy on’s nondependent parents to recover damages for loss of consortium against two parties, only one of whom, Stephen F. Lewis, is material to this appeal. Lewis was doing business as Eastern Waterproofing Company (Eastern) and was waterproofing a building owned by the other defendant in the prior action when Doyon fell to his death from Eastern’s scaffolding. The suit alleged negligent maintenance by Eastern of its equipment.

*552The present action is between…