DEPPE v. POWESHIEK COUNTY

No. 94-1626.

542 N.W.2d 6 (1995)

Kevin DEPPE and Donna Deppe, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. POWESHIEK COUNTY, Iowa, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne L. Clark and Thomas J. Logan of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas Hyland and Ann Calhoun of Hyland, Laden & Pearson, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.

Heard by SACKETT, P.J., CADY, J., and PERKINS, Senior Judge.


SACKETT, Presiding Judge.

Defendant-appellant Poweshiek County, Iowa, appeals from a jury verdict finding it sixty-five percent at fault for injuries plaintiff-appellee Kevin Deppe suffered from falling into a road culvert while attempting to get into a county vehicle at the direction of a deputy sheriff.

Defendant contends the trial court erred (1) in submitting to the jury the issue of whether a special relationship existed between plaintiff and defendant...

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