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· 1/19/1977

Champlin v. Walker

Citations

  • 249 N.W.2d 839
  • 1977 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 986

How courts have described this case

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

  • plaintiff after dark fell in unlighted and unguarded excavation on defendant’s property; held no landowner’s duty in the absence of wanton conduct toward trespasser
  • trial court’s grant of JNOV affirmed because maintenance of an open trench on residential property concealed only by darkness is not wanton conduct

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Judges: McCormick, Moore, Mason, Uhlenhopp, Harris, McCor-mick

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