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WILLMAR v. SHORT-ELLIOTT-HENDRICKSON

No. C8-92-1614.

512 N.W.2d 872 (1994)

CITY OF WILLMAR, Minnesota, Plaintiff, v. SHORT-ELLIOTT-HENDRICKSON, INC., Petitioner, Appellant, Adolfson & Peterson, Inc., Defendant, Clow Corporation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Adams, Mark J. Heley, William M. Hart, Mark A. Bloomquist, Meagher & Geer, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Robert E. Cattanach, Kevin C. Quigley, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

SIMONETT, Justice.

This case returns to us asking whether a defendant's crossclaim for indemnity and contribution against a codefendant will lie when the plaintiff's cause of action against the codefendant is barred by the statute of limitations. We hold the crossclaim survives, and we reverse.

This litigation began in 1987 when the City of Willmar, plagued by a malfunctioning waste water treatment plant, sued three defendants: the consulting engineers, Short...

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