LARSEN v. POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY

No. 53806.

173 N.W.2d 579 (1970)

James LARSEN and Peggy Larsen, Appellants, v. POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Porter, Heithoff, Pratt & Reilly, by James A. Pratt, Council Bluffs, for appellants.

Johnson, Stuart, Tinley & Peters, by Jack W. Peters, Council Bluffs, for appellee.


RAWLINGS, Justice.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, by action at law seek damages from defendant county in connection with a single vehicle bridge related accident.

Trial court sustained defendant's pleading based motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs elected to stand on the record, and appeal. We reverse.

By their petition plaintiffs seek recovery under chapter 613A, Iowa Code Annotated (Tort Liability of Governmental Subdivisions), claiming in substance a secondary...

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