Baty v. Binns

CARTER, Justice.

Defendants and plaintiff Nannie Baty appeal from judgment for plaintiffs in an automobile negligence action. The primary issue on appeal is whether the doctrine of pure comparative negligence established in Goetzman v. Wichern, 327 N.W.2d 742 (Iowa 1982), must be applied to a case tried to the court before that decision was filed but decided after it was filed. The district court held that it must. We affirm the district court on both appeals.

The action is based on a collision between an automobile driven by plaintiff, Nannie Baty, and an automobile owned by defendants. The…