Legal Opinion
David P. Garr Jr. and Julie A. Garr v. City of Ottumwa, Iowa
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 2, 2014No. 13–0778PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAGER, Justice.
Property owners sued a city alleging the city negligently approved a development that caused flooding to the downstream property owners’ home. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the property owners and awarded them damages. The district court then denied the city’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and the city appealed. We retained the appeal. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
In the 1940s, the federal government constructed an officers’ club at 3105 North Court Road in Wapello County, Iowa. At some point, the…
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