TEDROW v. FORT DES MOINES COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC.

No. 50681.

117 N.W.2d 62 (1962)

Vernon TEDROW, as Administrator of the Estate of Rose Marie Tedrow, Deceased, Appellee, v. FORT DES MOINES COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC., and Bruno Ceretti, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 17, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for appellant, Fort Des Moines Community Services, Incorporated. Irish & Haughey, Altoona, for appellant, Bruno Ceretti.

Jones, Rockwell & Oliver, Des Moines, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

This is another of a series of cases arising out of a fire in the Fort Des Moines Housing Area near Des Moines which caused the deaths of five persons: four members of the Tedrow family, and Margaret Anne Hutchinson. The fire, and the death of plaintiff's decedent, occurred on February 16, 1956. Some phases of the tragedy have been before us in four appeals: Hutchinson v. Des Moines Housing Corporation, 248 Iowa 1121, 84 N.W.2d...

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