Shoen v. State

There were two separate trials in this case. Plaintiff Harry F. Schneider worked for the Sodemann Heat & Power Company as a steamfitter. He sued Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and recovered $10,000 for injuries from an electrical shock received while installing an air-conditioning register in Bells downtown office building. (See Schneider v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, Mo. App., 354 S.W.2d 315.) In the present phase of the action, Bell as third party plaintiff sued three contractors as third party defendants to recover $14,465.65 for Schneiders judgment, interest and litigation expenses. The trial court, sitting without a jury, found the issues against third party plaintiff Bell, and it appeals.