Boham v. City of Sioux City, Iowa

TERNUS, Justice.

Eight-year-old Heidi Thompson was struck by a pickup truck after she was allowed to enter a crosswalk by appellant Barbara Mar-mo, a crossing guard employed by appellant Sioux City Community School District. The school district and Marmo (“defendants”) appeal from a jury verdict awarding damages to Thompson’s estate and her parents, appel-lees Larry and Patricia Boham. The defendants claim there was insufficient evidence to support findings of negligence and proximate cause. They also contest the jury’s award of damages for Thompson’s predeath mental anguish and loss of…