FARRIS v. GENERAL GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CORP.

No. 2-69437.

354 N.W.2d 251 (1984)

Dennis C. FARRIS and Judy Farris, Individually; and Kristine Marie Farris and Jodi Lynn Farris, Minors, by Dennis C. Farris, their Father and Next Friend, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. GENERAL GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Walsh, Jr., and Timothy W. Hamann of Clark, Butler & Walsh, Waterloo, for defendant-appellant/cross-appellee.

Edward J. Gallagher, Jr., and Gregory Racette of Gallagher, Langlas & Gallagher, Waterloo, for the plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and HAYDEN, and SACKETT, JJ.


OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals from judgment upon verdicts for the plaintiffs in this tort case arising from a construction accident. The defendant's numerous issues revolve around its contention that it, as an employer of the independent contractor, owed only a very limited duty of care to the employee of an independent contractor. The defendant contends the trial court's instructions misstated in several...

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