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BURKE v. ROBERSON

No. 85-1731.

417 N.W.2d 209 (1987)

James M. BURKE and Maurita A. Burke, Appellees, v. D. ROBERSON, Appellant, and J.R. Crowley, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Brooke of Lane & Waterman, Davenport, for appellant.

Tom Riley and Mary K. Hoefer, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and CARTER, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

James and Maurita Burke sued Dennis Roberson, a lawyer, and J.R. Crowley, a real estate salesman, for the faulty drafting of a contract to sell the Burkes' farm. A jury awarded substantial damages to Burkes and assessed sixty-seven percent of the negligence to Attorney Roberson, twenty percent to Crowley, and thirteen percent to Burkes. Roberson appealed, and Burkes cross appealed. We reverse and remand for a new trial on the appeal and affirm on...

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