BAKER v. CITY OF OTTUMWA

No. 96-32.

560 N.W.2d 578 (1997)

Joe BAKER, Appellant, v. The CITY OF OTTUMWA and Aaron Dannull, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn L. Norris and George F. Davison, Jr. of Hawkins & Norris, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Logan and Hugh J. Cain of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee City of Ottumwa.

John A. Pabst of Pabst Law Firm, Albia, for appellee Aaron Dannull.

Considered by LARSON, P.J., and NEUMAN, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal stems from an accident that occurred at a water park owned by the City of Ottumwa. Plaintiff Joe Baker, a patron on the park's speed slide, suffered a serious eye injury when defendant Aaron Dannull, another park patron, negligently interfered with Baker's clear path down the slide. Baker sued the city, as well as Dannull, but the city succeeded on its summary judgment claim to immunity under Iowa Code section 670.4(12) (1995). The case...

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