FREDERICKSON v. ALTON M. JOHNSON CO.

Nos. C1-85-2102, C3-85-2117.

402 N.W.2d 794 (1987)

Gary FREDERICKSON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. ALTON M. JOHNSON CO., Respondent, Pringle Electrical Manufacturing Co., Defendant, Pennsylvania Corp., et al., Defendants, Michaud, Cooley, Hallberg, Erickson & Associates, Inc., Petitioner, Appellant. and MICHAUD, COOLEY, HALLBERG, ERICKSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., Third Party Plaintiff, Petitioner, Appellant, v. HOFFMAN ELECTRIC CO., Third Party Defendant, Respondent, Continental Insurance Co., Intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard P. Helgen, Douglas J. Christensen, Paul D. Tierney, Minneapolis, Thomas J. Davern, Golden Valley, for Gary Frederickson.

Thomas F. Nelson, Minneapolis, for Michaud, Cooley, et al.

John H. Guthmann, St. Paul, for Hoffman Elec. Co.

Herbert Davis, Minneapolis for Alton M. Johnson. Jon L. Levy Sr., Minnetonka, for Continental Ins. Co.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


SCOTT, Justice.

These appeals arise out of a personal injury action. The principal issues are whether a jury verdict should be reduced by the percentage of fault attributable to a defendant settling by a Pierringer agreement when any contribution claims by the nonsettling defendants would be barred by the statute of limitations, and whether the uncollectible portion of the judgment should be reallocated pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 604.02 (1984). We hold...

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