Legal Opinion
Benham v. King
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 8, 2005No. 03-1518PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
In this appeal, we address a recurrent issue in premises liability law concerning the duty of care under the particular circumstances of a case to support a claim for -negligence. Because we find the plaintiffs’ proof in this case to be insufficient, we vacate the decision of the court of appeals and affirm the decision by the district court to grant a directed verdict for the defendant.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings
Steve Benham went to the dentist’s office of Ronald King, D.D.S., on October 18, 2000 to have his teeth cleaned. Benham was placed in a dental chair, and a…
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