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GRIFFEN v. STATE

No. 07-1262.

767 N.W.2d 633 (2009)

Vinnell GRIFFEN, as Administrator of the Estate of Blake Jermon, and Vinnell Griffen, Individually, Appellants, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pressley Henningsen of Riccolo & Semelroth, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Bruce Kempkes, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

STREIT, Justice.

Ten-year old Blake Jermon nearly drowned in a German swimming pool while participating in University of Northern Iowa's Camp Adventure. He died three years later from complications. His mother, Vinnell Griffen, filed suit against the State of Iowa, both individually and as administer of Jermon's estate, under the Iowa Tort Claims Act, Iowa Code chapter 669 (2003). The State filed a motion to dismiss, asserting the Iowa Tort Claims Act does not apply...

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