Rattenborg Ex Rel. Rattenborg v. Montgomery Elevator Co.

SACKETT, Judge.

We address a series of errors raised by defendant following a jury trial and verdict for plaintiffs for damages plaintiffs claimed as a result of an allegedly defective escalator manufactured by defendant.

Defendant-appellant, Montgomery Elevator Company, manufactured an escalator installed at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 25, 1985, plaintiff-appellee, Traci Rattenborg, then sixteen years old, was injured in attempting to catch her shoe after it became stuck in the escalator. Plaintiffs Traci and her parents Charles and Doris Rattenborg sued Montgomery Elevator and…