SAUNDERS BY SAUNDERS v. DALLAS COUNTY

No. 86-1238.

420 N.W.2d 468 (1988)

Dianna Jo SAUNDERS, by her Father and Next Friend, Edward H. SAUNDERS, Jr.; Edward H. Saunders, Jr.; and Patricia Saunders, Appellees, v. DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton G. Salmons of Austin, Gaudineer, Austin, Salmons & Swanson, Des Moines, for appellant.

Rick L. Olson, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, NEUMAN and ANDREASEN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

This personal injury claim against a county calls for an interpretation of Iowa Code section 668.10(1) (1985). The statute states that the state or a municipality will not be liable for the failure to place, erect, or install a traffic control device or other regulatory sign, but will be liable for the failure to maintain one already installed. The district court found that the statute did not immunize the county from liability. We granted permission...

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