KOWALSKI v. STATE

No. 88-1132.

447 N.W.2d 146 (1989)

Joy Marie KOWALSKI; Paul W. Kowalski; and Joy M. Kowalski as Conservator of the Property of Philip Walter Kowalski, Plaintiffs, v. STATE of Iowa, Plaintiff-Appellant, Genevieve Ginapp; Third-Party Defendant, and Allied Construction Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

August 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Richard E. Mull, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard R. Winga, of Laird, Burlington Heiny, McManigal, Walters & Winga, Mason City, for plaintiff-appellant, State.

Ross H. Sidney and Iris J. Post, of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for third-party defendant-appellee, Allied.

Keith A. McKinley, Osage, for plaintiffs, the Kowalskis.

Donald E. Esser, Mason City, for third-party defendant Ginapp.

Heard by OXBERGER, C.J., and HAYDEN and SACKETT, JJ.


OXBERGER, Chief Judge.

This case stems from an automobile accident in which Joy Kowalski and her three-year-old son were injured when their southbound car was hit by a northbound car driven by Genevieve Ginapp. The accident occurred in a four-lane north-south highway which was under construction. The two southbound lanes were closed. The two northbound lanes had been altered by signing and traffic-channeling devices so that the right lane carried northbound traffic...

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