Crawford v. Yotty

ZAGER, Justice.

RenElla Sue Crawford brought suit against residential landlords, Steve Yotty and Myron Ropp, after she slipped and fell on the premises while visiting her son who leased an apartment from them. The jury returned a verdict for the landlords. The court of appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial after concluding the district court erred in excluding Crawford’s proposed instructions informing the jury of a landlord’s obligations under the lease agreement and under Iowa Code section 562A.15(l)(a )-(d). On further review we find that the legal principles contained in Crawford’s…