WEEMS v. HY-VEE FOOD STORES, INC.

No. 94-0102.

526 N.W.2d 571 (1994)

Leonard J. WEEMS and Vicki L. Weems, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HY-VEE FOOD STORES, INC., d/b/a Drug Town, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

November 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Pickens, Minor Barnes and Joanne M. Lilledahl of Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy, Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Chris J. Scheldrup and Paul D. Gamez of Moyer & Bergman, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

Heard by DONIELSON, C.J., and HAYDEN and CADY, JJ.


CADY, Judge.

This is a single issue appeal in a premise liability/slip-and-fall case. The premise owner claims the trial court erred in failing to allow the jury to consider whether the harmful side effects of medical treatment rendered eighteen months after the fall constituted an intervening superseding cause of the subsequent damages. We conclude the trial court properly denied the superseding cause instruction and affirm.

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