VIRDEN V. BETTS AND BEER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
656 N.W. 2d 805 (Iowa 2003)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal of a reversal of a summary judgment by the trial
court in a dispute over the causation element in tort action against contractors for school
maintenance employee's fall from a ladder.
FACTS: Ron Virden (P), worked in the maintenance at a High School. P's supervisor asked
him to reinstall an angle iron that had fallen from the ceiling of the school's new
wrestling room. P fell from the top of the ten-foot ladder and sustained severe injuries to
his left leg, requiring several surgeries. P sued Betts & Beer (D) who had installed the
wrestling room ceiling a few months before. The district court granted summary judgment to
D. It held D's negligence was not the proximate cause of P's injuries. P appealed and the
court of appeals reversed. The Supreme Court of Iowa granted review.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
Get
free access to the entire content for Mac, PC or Online
for 2-3 days and free samples
of all kinds of products.
for 2-3 days and free samples of all kinds of products.
https://bsmsphd.com
© 2007-2016 Abn Study Partner
No comments:
Post a Comment