Legal Opinion
Yates v. Iowa West Racing Ass'n
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 15, 2006No. 04-0434PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVORATO, Chief Justice.
This action arises out of the defendants’ alleged slanderous statements about a greyhound kennel and the defendants’ alleged negligence in maintaining its track that allegedly resulted in injuries to the kennel’s racing dogs. The defendants appealed from an adverse jury verdict on both claims. The kennel cross appealed, contending that the district court erred in not submitting punitive damages on its negligence claim.
We transferred the case to the court of appeals, which reversed on the appeal, concluding that the district court erred in overruling the defendants’…
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