RATTENBORG v. MONTGOMERY ELEVATOR CO.

No. 87-1672.

438 N.W.2d 602 (1989)

Traci RATTENBORG, a minor, by her father and next best friend, Charles RATTENBORG, and Charles Rattenborg and Doris Rattenborg, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MONTGOMERY ELEVATOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

As corrected February 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross H. Sidney and John Werner, of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for defendant-appellant.

Roland D. Peddicord, of Peddicord, Wharton, Thune, Foxhoven & Spencer, Des Moines, and Clifford J. Shoemaker, Vienna, Va., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Heard by SCHLEGEL, P.J., and SACKETT and HABHAB, JJ.


SACKETT, Judge.

We address a series of errors raised by defendant following a jury trial and verdict for plaintiffs for damages plaintiffs claimed as a result of an allegedly defective escalator manufactured by defendant.

Defendant-appellant, Montgomery Elevator Company, manufactured an escalator installed at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 25, 1985, plaintiff-appellee, Traci Rattenborg, then sixteen years old, was injured in attempting to catch...

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