Gruener v. City of Cedar Falls

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The main issue in this case is whether plaintiff’s resistance to a motion for summary judgment was sufficient.

Plaintiff in the case, Lena Gruener, was a patient in the municipal hospital of Cedar Falls, Iowa, at the time of the incident in question. Defendants are the City of Cedar Falls, its hospital, the hospital administrator, the City’s liability insurer, and plaintiff’s attending physician. All defendants except the City and the physician were dismissed from the case in proceedings not involved here. The present appeal concerns plaintiff and the City only.

Plaintiff…