Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 20, 1983No. 68041PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGIVERIN, Justice.
The genesis of this appeal is a motor vehicle accident which occurred in the early morning hours of April 11, 1974. At that time eight members of the Butler family were traveling west on Interstate 80 in a mobile home owned by plaintiff Bruce T. Butler. The one-way westbound road had two lanes for traffic plus paved shoulders. It was a wet and windy night and plaintiff Randall Butler, Bruce's son, was driving at about 50-55 mph.
Just west of Iowa City near the Tiffin exit, Randall moved into the inside, left-hand lane in order to pass a semi. As the motor home overtook the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Department of Transp. v. NeilsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
- Baldwin v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Lewis v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Fink v. KitzmanDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1995
- Goodman v. City of Le ClaireSupreme Court of Iowa · 1998
- Adam v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1986
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