DENNETT v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 83-753.

347 N.W.2d 691 (1984)

Lois D. DENNETT, f/k/a Lois D. Tribble, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loren J. Braud, Asst. Des Moines City Atty., for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Pratt of Hedberg, Brick, Tan, Pratt, Ward & Vonderhaar, Des Moines, for plaintiff-appellee.

Heard by SCHLEGEL, P.J., and HAYDEN and SACKETT, JJ.


HAYDEN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff in a personal injury action. We affirm.

On July 6, 1981, plaintiff, Lois D. Dennett, fell on a public sidewalk in the 200 block of S.W. 5th Street in Des Moines. Plaintiff alleges that the defendant-city was negligent for not repairing or barricading the cracked sidewalk. After a trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $173,743 and found plaintiff was 75 percent negligent...

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