Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Brenda J. Alcala v. Marriott International, Inc. and Courtyard Management Corporation D/B/A Quad Cities Courtyard by Marriott

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 10, 2016No. 14–1058Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partHecht, Justice

I join Part II of the majority opinion clarifying that the scope of review regarding refusal to give a requested jury instruction is for correction of errors at law. Beyond that threshold question, however, the majority and I part ways significantly. I dissent because I find no reversible error in either of the jury instructions Marriott challenges on appeal. I also conclude the district court correctly declined on this record to submit the instruction proposed by Marriott on the continuing-storm doctrine. I would vacate the decision of the court of appeals and affirm the -judgment the…

2Cases cited58 opinions

  1. Thompson v. KaczinskiSupreme Court of Iowa · 2009
  2. United States v. Teresita Sorrels v. NCL (Bahamas), LTDCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
  3. Graber v. City of AnkenySupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
  4. Sawyer v. Dreis & Krump Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Keller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994

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