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JOHNSON v. KNOXVILLE COMMUNITY SCH. DIST.

No. 95-1686.

570 N.W.2d 633 (1997)

Joel JOHNSON, Individually, and as Next Friend of Brian Johnson, and Barbara Johnson, Appellants, v. KNOXVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Russell and Lu Ann White of Hanson, Bjork & Russell, L.L.P., Des Moines, David A. Johnson of Johnson & Lane, Knoxville, and Frederick G. White, Waterloo, for appellants.

Brian L. Campbell and Karl T. Olson of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered en banc.

SNELL, Justice.

The plaintiffs appeal the denial of their motion for new trial after a jury returned a verdict finding defendant's negligence was not the proximate cause of the damages claimed. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On February 27, 1992, Brian Johnson, age ten, fell and hit his head on the playground at East Elementary School in Knoxville, Iowa. The accident happened while Brian attempted to dunk a basketball by jumping off the back of another...

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