Felderman v. City of Maquoketa

WIGGINS, Justice.

In this case we must decide if the district court was correct when it directed a verdict in favor of the City of Maquoketa in a personal injury action. Because the district court correctly directed the verdict in favor of the City, we vacate the decision of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of the district court.

On July 8, 2003, Mary Belle Westphal went to the Maquoketa Community Center to watch her great-grandson attend a swimming class. It was a rainy day, so the swimming class was held indoors at the center. Westphal walked up the center’s front stairs. She…