EHLINGER v. STATE

No. 2-56965.

237 N.W.2d 784 (1976)

Carl Francis EHLINGER, Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., John E. Beamer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Larry M. Blumberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant, cross-appellee.

David Hughes, Cascade, and William C. Fuerste, Fuerste, Carew & Coyle, Dubuque, for appellee, cross-appellant.

Heard by MOORE, C. J., and RAWLINGS, REES, UHLENHOPP, and REYNOLDSON, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

The State, appealing from a tort-claim judgment awarding plaintiff $638,000 for personal injuries, raises issues relating to negligence, contributory negligence and proximate cause. Plaintiff cross-appeals, asserting the award was inadequate and demanding the case be remanded to district court for additur. We affirm on both appeals.

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