Legal Opinion
K & W Electric, Inc. Vs. State Of Iowa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 7, 2006No. 47 / 04-0643PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
The appellant, K & W Electric, Inc., appeals an adverse summary judgment ruling on its damage claims against the appellee, State of Iowa. K & W sued the State on theories of negligence, violation of Iowa Code section 314.7 (1999), and inverse condemnation, claiming a highway construction project undertaken by the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) in the vicinity of the plaintiffs premises caused flooding that damaged the plaintiffs property. The district court held the plaintiffs claims were time barred, see Iowa Code § 614.1(4), and the defendant was immune from tort…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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3Cited by1 opinion
- K & W ELEC., INC. v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006