Spechtenhauser v. City of Dubuque

CARTER, Justice.

The defendant, City of Dubuque, appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a sidewalk fall down case. It urges that reversible error was committed in the trial court’s instructions to the jury with respect to the duty of a municipality to inspect sidewalks. The trial court’s judgment was affirmed by an equally divided court of appeals, and we granted further review. We find no error in the trial court’s denial of the city’s exceptions to the jury instructions and therefore affirm the judgment.

Plaintiff, Sally Spechtenhauser, tripped and fell while…