WILSON v. NEPSTAD

Nos. 61537-61541.

282 N.W.2d 664 (1979)

Dorothy J. WILSON, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estates of Barbara Gill and Shawn Gill, Appellant, v. Gregory L. NEPSTAD and Donna J. Nepstad, Individuals, Defendants, and the City of Des Moines, Iowa, Appellee. Janine Kay HARRIS, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Gary Dean Simpson, a Minor, Appellant, v. Gregory L. NEPSTAD and Donna J. Nepstad, Individuals, Defendants, and the City of Des Moines, Iowa, Appellee. Theodore Wayne OWENS, Individually and as Administrator of the Estates of Sharion Louise Owens and Christopher Wayne Owens, Appellants, v. Gregory L. NEPSTAD and Donna J. Nepstad, Individuals, Defendants, and the City of Des Moines, Iowa, Appellee. Turrill GUYETTE and Mary Lou Guyette, Individually, and Mary Lou Guyette as Mother and Next Friend of Dawn Guyette, a Minor, Appellants, v. Gregory L. NEPSTAD and Donna J. Nepstad, Individuals, Defendants, and the City of Des Moines, Iowa, Appellee. Robert D. LOMAX, Appellant, v. Gregory L. NEPSTAD and Donna J. Nepstad, Individuals, Defendants, and the City of Des Moines, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Mohr of Roehrick & Mohr, and James P. Piazza, Des Moines, for appellants.

Terrence A. Hopkins of Hopkins & Huebner, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

These five cases, consolidated in district court for submission of motions and in this court for purposes of appeal, involve deaths and injuries resulting from a September 27, 1975, apartment building fire in Des Moines. Plaintiffs sued Gregory L. and Donna J. Nepstad, owners of the building, and the City of Des Moines.

Plaintiffs alleged statutes and ordinances relating to building codes, occupancy permits, and fire regulations...

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