Legal Opinion
Hall v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 20, 1977No. 2-57921PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal involves a jury award of damages in an action by plaintiff Thomas C. Hall against defendant Montgomery Ward & Company for mental anguish caused by threatening language by Wards’ representatives. We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. Jacobson v. Benson Motors, Inc., 216 N.W.2d 396 (Iowa).
Hall, a borderline mental retardate with an intelligence quotient of 69, worked as a maintenance man in Wards’ store at Cedar Falls, Iowa. He “borrowed” Wards’ floor scrubber to moonlight by cleaning tavern floors, and also took cleaning material for…
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