BETSWORTH v. MOREY'S AND RAYMOND'S

No. 87-694.

423 N.W.2d 196 (1988)

Carla BETSWORTH, Appellant, v. MOREY'S AND RAYMOND'S; and Fourth and Jackson, Inc., as Fourth and Jackson Realty Company, an Iowa Corporation, Defendants, and City of Sioux City, Iowa, A Municipal Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Sikma, Sioux City, for appellant.

Ann K. Jansen, Asst. City Atty., Sioux City, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

Carla Betsworth fell as she left a store in a Sioux City mall on December 1, 1983. On June 14, 1985, she sued the store, Morey's and Raymond's (Morey's), alleging negligence in failing to remove accumulations of ice and snow. Betsworth amended her petition on June 11, 1986, to include Fourth and Jackson, Inc., the owner of the store building. This amendment was found by the court to "relate back" to the date of the filing of the original petition...

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