Spechtenhauser v. City of Dubuque

391 N.W.2d 213 (1986)

Sally L. SPECHTENHAUSER and John G. Spechtenhauser, Appellees,

v.

CITY OF DUBUQUE, Iowa, Appellant.

No. 85-273.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 23, 1986.

Barry A. Lindahl, Dubuque, for appellant.

Stephen W. Scott, of Kintzinger, Kintzinger, Van Etten, Setter & Scott, Dubuque, for appellees.

Considered en banc.

CARTER, Justice.

The defendant, City of Dubuque, appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a sidewalk fall down case. It urges that reversible error was committed in the trial court's instructions to the jury with respect to the duty of a…