ZIMMER v. VANDER WAAL

No. 08-0662.

780 N.W.2d 730 (2010)

Beulah ZIMMER, Administrator of the Estate of Ceil Creswell, Appellant, v. Walter VANDER WAAL, Sr., and Rolling View Farms, Inc., an Iowa corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Jacobsma of Jacobsma, Clabaugh & Freking P.L.C., Sioux Center, for appellant.

Sharese A. Manker and Douglas L. Phillips of Klass Law Firm, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellees.


WIGGINS, Justice.

In this case, we must decide if the owners of a trailer can be held vicariously liable under Iowa's owner consent statute, Iowa Code section 321.493 (2003). Because the trailer involved in this collision is not a motor vehicle under section 321.493, we affirm the decision of the court of appeals and the judgment of the district court dismissing the plaintiff's claims against the trailer owners.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

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