Legal Opinion

Mrowka v. Crouse Cartage Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided September 17, 1980No. 63798PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether we should overrule our prior case law and allow interest on a plaintiff’s judgment in a personal injury case from the date of injury. Trial court’s post-verdict ruling denied plaintiff’s application to include such interest in its judgment on the verdict. We affirm.

Details of the two-vehicle collision are irrelevant to this appeal. Plaintiff’s 26-year-old ward (hereafter designated plaintiff) sustained a severe brain injury which rendered him unconscious for some time. He underwent subsequent surgery, extensive hospitalization and…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. PhillipsAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Bridenstine v. Iowa City Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1917
  3. Lawson v. FordyceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1945
  4. Lemrick v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1978
  5. Ratteree v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ezzone v. RiccardiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
  2. Midwest Management Corp. v. StephensSupreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  3. Sedco International, S. A. v. CoryDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1981
  4. Woods v. SchmittSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
  5. Vorthman v. Keith E. Myers EnterprisesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980

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