Iowa Sheet Metal Contractors, Inc. v. Jenkins

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

This is a negligence action for damages resulting from a collision between an automobile owned and driven by the plaintiff, and a tractor-trailer operated by an employee of the defendant. The defendant appeals from an adverse verdict and judgment and the overruling of a motion for new trial. The sole question on appeal is whether the lower court erred in submitting to the jury the issue of the loss of future earnings. Held:

Defendant contends that the absence of any specific claim for loss of future earnings in the complaint and the statement of the court, in his…