Legal Opinion
Sechler v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided November 23, 1983No. 68678PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHULTZ, Justice.
This appeal requires us to determine whether the term “gross negligence” as used in Iowa Code section 306.41 is a higher degree of negligence that is subject to the defense of contributory negligence or a different kind of conduct that is immune to such defense. Section 306.41 places liability upon the agency having jurisdiction over temporarily closed roads and the person or contractors employed to carry out the construction only in the event that damage to vehicles or persons using the road is caused “by gross negligence.”
The plaintiff, Ronald Sechler, administrator of the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- State v. LampSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
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