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SPECK v. UNIT HANDLING DIV., LITTON SYSTEMS

No. 83-1532.

366 N.W.2d 543 (1985)

Edna SPECK, Appellee, v. UNIT HANDLING DIVISION, A DIVISION OF LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., and Newell Machinery Company, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross H. Sidney and Brian L. Campbell of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for appellant Unit Handling Div.

Jeff H. Jeffries and John E. Orrell, Jr. of Hopkins & Huebner, Des Moines, for appellant Newell Machinery Co., Inc.

Dennis W. Johnson and Quentin R. Boyken of Belin, Harris, Helmick & Heartney, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McGIVERIN, SCHULTZ, CARTER and WOLLE, JJ.

WOLLE, Justice.

We granted this interlocutory appeal to address defendants' contention that principles governing strict liability for sale of defective products should be modified to comport with our adoption of pure comparative negligence in Goetzman v. Wichern, 327 N.W.2d 742 (Iowa 1982). The trial court applied products liability case law in effect prior to Goetzman in...

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