SERAJI v. PERKET

No. 88-1470.

452 N.W.2d 399 (1990)

Mahmoud SERAJI, and Mehri Seraji, Appellees, v. Michael Allen PERKET and Lenertz, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Lorentzen and Michael D. Huppert of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, Des Moines, for appellants.

Philip A. Reisetter and Gregg A. Geerdes, Iowa City, for appellees.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and SCHULTZ, LAVORATO, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


SNELL, Justice.

On March 26, 1984, a truck owned by Lenertz Inc. (Lenertz) and operated by one of its employees, Michael Allen Perket, collided with a car driven by Mahmoud Seraji. Seraji was seriously injured and brought suit against both Perket and Lenertz. The jury awarded Mahmoud Seraji, $147,800.76, his wife, Mehri Seraji, $20,000, and his child, Mauni Seraji, $5000 compensatory damages from both Lenertz and Perket. Although the trial court instructed the jury...

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