Ort v. Klinger

KEEFE, Senior Judge.

On October 7, 1989, Nancy Klinger was driving a van north on U.S. Highway 61 in Fort Madison. The owner of the van was the Montrose Church of the Nazarene. A Ford Escort, which was traveling north in front of Klinger, stopped to make a left turn. Klinger hit the Escort, sending it into the oncoming southbound lanes of traffic, where it collided with an automobile being driven by Janis Ort. Ort cut her face and hurt her shoulder, neck, lower back, and right foot.

Ort filed suit against Klinger and the church. The jury found that defendants were fully at fault and that…