GORDON v. NOEL

No. 83-158.

356 N.W.2d 559 (1984)

Ronald GORDON, Appellee, v. David NOEL, David Bowen, and City of Des Moines, Iowa, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 17, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.M. Sullivan, Asst. Des Moines City Atty., for the appellants.

Nick Critelli, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, McCORMICK, SCHULTZ, and CARTER, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

We granted further review of a decision of the court of appeals affirming a district court judgment for plaintiff to address a question concerning the effect of erroneous submission of one or more but not all theories of action in a multitheory submission when the jury returns a general verdict for the plaintiff. We hold that when a case is submitted on more than one theory of liability, even one of which is erroneously submitted, and the jury...

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