Crookham v. Riley

How courts have described this case

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

• noting causation must be proved in a legal malpractice action “the same as any other negligence action”
• noting causation must be proved in a legal malpractice action “the same as any other negligence action”
• stating the rules are construed in pari materia, meaning “taken together as if they were one law, ... construed together as though they constituted one act” (citing Fitzgerald v. State, 220 Iowa 547, 553, 260 N.W. 681, 683 (1935))
• “It is well established the questions of negligence ... and proximate cause are generally for the jury and only in exceptional cases can they be decided as a matter of law”
• “It is well established the questions of negligence, contributory negligence, and proximate cause are generally for the jury and only in exceptional cases can they be decided as a matter of law.”
• stating rules 1.933 and 1.934 are construed in pari materia

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).