Baker v. City of Ottumwa

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• noting that “the legislature enacted the swimming pool exemption ‘to foster community recreational activities’ ”
• noting that “the legislature enacted the swimming pool exemption ‘to foster community recreational activities’ ”
• refusing to read immunity bestowed by section 670.4(12) narrowly in view of “the broad language of [that] section”
• finding no equal protection violation where city was immune from suit under the IMTCA’s swimming pool exemption
• finding no equal protection violation where city was immune from suit under the IMTCA’s swimming pool exemption
• calling an exemption to governmental tort liability for a “claim relating to a swimming pool” a “broad classification” and therefore determining it exempted suits involving negligent lifeguards as well as cases pertaining to pool health standards (internal quotation marks omitted

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