Legal Opinion
Fischer v. City of Sioux City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 18, 2002No. 01-0328PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
Several Sioux City homeowners sued the city when a storm sewer overflowed and damaged their properties. The district' court, through the application of “offensive issue preclusion,” granted the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment based on a prior case in which the city was found to be negligent in the design of the same drainage system. We reverse and remand.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
These plaintiffs lived at or near the intersection of Sergeant Road and Walden Avenue in Sioux City when, on ■ July 2, 1999, a rainstorm of unprecedented proportions dumped…
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