Parsons v. National Dairy Cattle Congress

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

On December 8, 1973, plaintiff Virginia Parsons was struck by a hockey puck while she was a spectator in McElroy Auditorium in Waterloo. She brought this tort action against The National Dairy Cattle Congress, owner of the auditorium, the City of Waterloo, lessee, and Black Hawk Enterprises, Inc., sublessee and owner of the local hockey club. She alleged her injuries, suffered while returning to her seat after intermission, were proximately caused by defendants’ negligence in failing (1) to provide her with a safe place from which to watch the game, and (2) to erect…