McARTOR v. PETE'S CAFE

No. 53816.

175 N.W.2d 369 (1970)

Alta McARTOR and Howard McArtor, Appellants, v. PETE'S CAFE, a/k/a Pete's Truck Stop Cafe, Juan P. Byers, Truck Fuels Service Company; Delbert Danley; American Oil Company, a corporation; and Irene King, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland D. Peddicord and Ronald L. Sutphin, Des Moines, Donald Lipman, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Randy Duncan, Jr., and Thomas A. Finley, Des Moines, for appellees.


MASON, Justice.

March 10, 1969, Alta and Howard McArtor filed this law action to recover damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. McArtor from a fall alleged to have been proximately caused by defendants' negligence in spilling hot coffee on her while a customer in Pete's Cafe in Des Moines March 13, 1967. In one division she claims damages for possible scars and disfigurement, loss of earnings and pain suffered as a result of her injuries. In a separate division as...

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