Connolly v. Conlan

HARRIS, Justice.

This wrongful death action against a tavern owner-operator was brought in several divisions. Two divisions were based on the claim that a tavern operator is liable on a common-law theory for acts falling outside the parameters of Iowa Code section 123.-92. This was the question on which this court was equally divided in Haafke v. Mitchell, 347 N.W.2d 381 (Iowa 1984). The trial court sustained defendant’s motion to dismiss these two divisions. We granted plaintiffs’ application to bring this interlocutory appeal from that ruling which wé now affirm.

Plaintiffs’ decedent was…