SPECHTENHAUSER v. CITY OF DUBUQUE

No. 85-273.

391 N.W.2d 213 (1986)

Sally L. SPECHTENHAUSER and John G. Spechtenhauser, Appellees, v. CITY OF DUBUQUE, Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Lindahl, Dubuque, for appellant.

Stephen W. Scott, of Kintzinger, Kintzinger, Van Etten, Setter & Scott, Dubuque, for appellees.

Considered en banc.


CARTER, Justice.

The defendant, City of Dubuque, appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a sidewalk fall down case. It urges that reversible error was committed in the trial court's instructions to the jury with respect to the duty of a municipality to inspect sidewalks. The trial court's judgment was affirmed by an equally divided court of appeals, and we granted further review. We find no error in the trial court's denial of the...

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