Loftsgard v. Dorrian
Court of Appeals of Iowa
1Opinion of the Court
HABHAB, Judge.
Scott Loftsgard, an unmarried thirty-year-old man, was fatally injured in an automobile accident. He died at a hospital some six to seven hours after the accident.
Scott’s father, Leon Loftsgard, as the administrator of Scott’s estate, filed the present wrongful death action against several defendants. The defendants include the driver and owner of the car in which Scott had been riding (Fosters), the driver of the other vehicle (Dorrian), the corporation which employed Dorrian and leased his vehicle, and the corporation that actually owned the Dorrian vehicle.
Scott’s parents, in…
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- Briner v. HyslopSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
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- Wernimont v. International Harvester Corp.Court of Appeals of Iowa · 1981
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