(DOWNLOAD) "Waldor Pump & Equipment Co. V." by Court of Appeals of Minnesota " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Waldor Pump & Equipment Co. V.
- Author : Court of Appeals of Minnesota
- Release Date : January 06, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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An engineer may be held liable in negligence to a subcontractor who foreseeably relied on and was harmed by the engineer's drafting and interpretation of specifications. LANSING, Judge Orr-Schelen-Mayeron & Associates, Inc. (OSM), an engineering firm, prepared specifications for a municipal public works project. Waldor Pump & Equipment Co., subcontractor and supplier to Paul A. Laurence Co. (PALCO), the general contractor, alleged OSM was negligent after Waldor Pump's equipment was rejected as not conforming to specifications. The jury found OSM negligent in drafting and interpreting specifications. OSM argues that the trial court erred in submitting the issue of negligence to the jury because OSM owed no duty of reasonable care to Waldor Pump. We affirm.