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HUMPHRIES v. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

No. 96-923.

566 N.W.2d 869 (1997)

Christine HUMPHRIES, Appellant, v. TRUSTEES OF the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF CRESCO, IOWA, Cresco United Methodist Church, and the City of Cresco, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Powers and Mark H. Rettig of Hines, Pence, Day & Powers, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for Appellant.

John T. McCoy of Yagla, McCoy & Riley, P.L.C., Waterloo, for Appellees Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Cresco, Iowa, and Cresco United Methodist Church.

Patrick M. Roby and Christopher L. Bruns of Elderkin & Pirnie, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for Appellee City of Cresco, Iowa.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER, and SNELL, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

Summary judgments were entered against a plaintiff in this slip-and-fall case. A claim against an adjoining landowner (a church) was dismissed on a finding that the accident did not occur on what amounts to a "sidewalk." A claim against a city was dismissed because the city fully complied with its policy for removing snow and ice from the street. We affirm.

Plaintiff Christine Humphries suffered injuries as a result of slipping and falling...

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