HOBBIEBRUNKEN v. G & S ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 90-115.

470 N.W.2d 19 (1991)

Phyllis HOBBIEBRUNKEN, Individually, and as Mother and Next Friend of Nicholas Hobbiebrunken, Derek Hobbiebrunken and Angela Hobbiebrunken, Appellant, v. G & S ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

As Corrected June 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry C. Estes, Fort Dodge, for appellant.

Thomas A. Skorepa and Frank R. Fuhr of Klockau, McCarthy, Ellison & Marquis, P.C., Rock Island, Ill., for appellee.

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


ANDREASEN, Justice.

This dramshop action arises from a boating accident on Clear Lake in August 1986 in which Douglas Hobbiebrunken was killed. The jury found for the defendant. On plaintiff's appeal, we affirm.

I. Background.

The facts in this case are largely uncontested. A little after 10:00 p.m. on Friday, August 16, 1986, Douglas Hobbiebrunken, who had been drinking earlier in the evening, left his home on Clear Lake by boat and went...

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