Legal Opinion
Reese v. Werts Corp.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 18, 1985No. 85-80PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, Justice.
This appeal presents a problem concerning the law of joint and several liability in a negligence case filed before July 1, 1984, but tried after that date. We must decide what the legislature intended when it provided that Iowa Code section 668.4 “applies to all cases tried on or after July 1, 1984.” See 1984 Iowa Acts ch. 1293, § 15. We conclude that, except for the fact negligence rather than fault is to be compared, the legislature intended the law of joint and several liability to be applied in the same way to this case as it will be applied to comparative fault cases…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Goetzman v. WichernSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- Iowa Power and Light Co. v. Abild Construction Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1966
- Blackford v. Sioux City Dressed Pork, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Baldwin v. City of WaterlooSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
- Poyzer v. McGrawSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Spaur v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1994
- Johnson v. Interstate Power Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1992
- Payne Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Bob McKiness Excavating & Grading, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1986
- Kragel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1995
- Schwennen v. AbellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
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