METIER v. COOPER TRANSPORT CO., INC.

No. 85-257.

378 N.W.2d 907 (1985)

Nancy Jean METIER, Appellant, v. COOPER TRANSPORT CO., INC., and Jerry Lee White, Defendants, State of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Joseph Coleman, Jr. of Mitchell, Coleman, Perkins & Enke, P.C., Fort Dodge, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Robin G. Formaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Nancy Jean Metier has appealed from a district court ruling dismissing her claim against the defendant, State of Iowa. Our review requires us to examine statutory and case law relating to governmental immunity, including the "discretionary function" exception to the State Tort Claims Act, a governmental exception to the Comparative Fault Act, and the liability of the State with respect to its protected deer herds. We affirm and...

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