Adam v. Mount Pleasant Bank & Trust Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Because [the Iowa Tort Claims Act] is based on the federal Tort Claims Act, we assume our legislature intended it to have the same meaning as the federal statute.”
• “Because our statute is based on the federal Tort Claims Act, we assume our legislature intended it to have the same meaning as the federal statute.”
• “Because our statute is based on the federal Tort Claims Act, we assume our legislature intended it to have the same meaning as the federal statute.”
• “Because our statute is based on the federal Tort Claims Act, we assume our legislature intended it to have the same meaning as the federal statute.”
• “Because our statute is based on the federal Tort Claims Act, we assume our legislature intended it to have the same meaning as the federal statute. Hubbard, 163 N.W.2d at 911. Federal decisions interpreting the federal act are therefore entitled to great weight. Id. at 909.”
• “Because our statute is based on the federal Tort Claims Act, we assume our legislature intended it to have the same meaning as the federal statute. Hubbard, 163 N.W.2d at 911. Federal decisions interpreting the federal act are therefore entitled to great weight. Id. at 909.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).