LEAF v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 97-950.

590 N.W.2d 525 (1999)

Christopher M. LEAF, Appellee, v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.W. Rosebrook of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Richard H. Doyle and Robert G. Tully of Galligan, Tully, Doyle & Reid, P.C., Des Moines, and Dorothy L. Dakin of Dakin Law Firm, Boone, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


LARSON, Justice.

Christopher Leaf sued the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for personal injuries based on strict liability, and Goodyear appealed from the resulting judgment. We affirm.

I. Facts and Proceedings.

We recite the facts as a jury could reasonably have found them. Leaf, who was an employee of Whyte's Tire Center, was injured when a Goodyear tire ruptured while Leaf...

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