BALDWIN v. CITY OF ESTHERVILLE

No. 18-1856.

929 N.W.2d 691 (2019)

Gregory BALDWIN, Appellant, v. CITY OF ESTHERVILLE, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 14, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Bjornstad , Spirit Lake, for appellant.

Douglas L. Phillips and Zachary D. Clausen of Klass Law Firm, LLP, Sioux City, for appellee.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Solicitor General, and Julia S. Kim , Assistant Attorney General, for amicus curiae State of Iowa.

Katie Ervin Carlson and Emily McCarty of Timmer & Judkins, P.L.L.C., West Des Moines, and Joel E. Fenton of Law Offices of Joel E. Fenton, PLC, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Association for Justice.

Jason C. Palmer , Thomas M. Boes , Catherine M. Lucas , and Benjamin R. Erickson , Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Communities Assurance Pool.


The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa certifies six questions pursuant to Iowa Code section 684A.1 (2019). In our discretion, we answer five of the questions because they meet the criteria of section 684A.1. We do not answer one of the questions because it does not meet the criteria of section 684A...

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