Johnson v. Knoxville Community School District

SNELL, Justice.

The plaintiffs appeal the denial of their motion for new trial after a jury returned a verdict finding defendant’s negligence was not the proximate cause of the damages claimed. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

On February 27, 1992, Brian Johnson, age ten, fell and hit his head on the playground at East Elementary School in Knoxville, Iowa. The accident happened while Brian attempted to dunk a basketball by jumping off the back of another student. After the incident, Brian was taken inside to the school nurse’s office and then to Knoxville Hospital, where he was diagnosed…