HILL v. DAMM

No. 10-1565.

804 N.W.2d 95 (2011)

Adonnis HILL, As Father and Next Friend for Donnisha Hill (Deceased Minor) and Leneaka Johnson, As Mother and Next Friend for Donnisha Hill (Deceased Minor), and the Estate of Donnisha Hill, by and through Adonnis Hill and/or Leneaka Johnson, Administrators, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. David A. DAMM, Bruce Edward Burt, and First Student, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

July 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Pundt of Pundt Law Office, Cedar Rapids , and Larry J. Thorson of Ackley, Kopecky & Kingery, L.L.P., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Thomas B. Read and Carol J. Kirkley of Crawford, Sullivan, Read & Roemerman, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee First Student, Inc.

Bruce Burt , Menard, Illinois, pro se.

David Damm , Pontiac, Illinois, pro se.

Heard by SACKETT, C.J., and DOYLE and DANILSON, JJ.


DOYLE, J.

A young girl was murdered after she got off at the wrong school bus stop. Her parents brought a negligence action against the bus company. At the close of the plaintiffs' evidence, the district court directed a verdict in favor of the bus company. The plaintiffs appeal, claiming the court erred in finding the harm suffered by the deceased was outside the scope of the risk of the bus company's conduct. This question requires us to consider the newly formulated...

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