Legal Opinion
Woodburn v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 21, 1979No. 61459PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
B. T. Woodburn (plaintiff), a physician, was omitted from a professional listing in the yellow pages of defendant’s 1971 directory. When he brought this suit for what he claims were the resulting damages, the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company (defendant) interposed two special defenses by way of express limitations of damages. One was based on a provision in defendant’s tariff, on file with the Iowa commerce commission. The second defense was based on a provision printed on the reverse side of a form for placing the listing. Ruling on defendant’s application for adjudication…
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