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SPEED v. BEURLE

No. 2-57781.

251 N.W.2d 217 (1977)

James R. SPEED, Appellant, v. James G. BEURLE et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Hayes, of Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes, Iowa City, for appellant.

James R. Snyder, of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, for appellee James G. Beurle.

David L. Hammer, of O'Connor, Thomas, Wright, Hammer, Bertsch & Norby, of Dubuque, for appellee E. L. Lorson.

Paul Moser, Jr., Des Moines, for appellee Edward Sujansky.

William M. Tucker, of Shulman, Phelan, Tucker, Boyle & Mullen, Iowa City, for appellee W. D. Paul.

Thomas F. Daley, Jr., of Betty, Neuman, McMahon, Hellstrom & Bittner, Davenport, for appellee Robert G. German.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REYNOLDSON, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

The question is whether § 25A.8, The Code, bars an action for punitive damages by a plaintiff who previously recovered compensatory damages for the same injuries under chapter 25A, The Code, (the state tort claims act). In Speed v. State, 240 N.W.2d 901 (Iowa 1976) we affirmed an award of $750,000 in favor of James R. Speed (plaintiff) against the State of Iowa. The award was a result of what the trial...

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