· 12/18/1985
Hansen v. City of Audubon
Citations
- 378 N.W.2d 903
- 1985 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1198
How courts have described this case
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- holding section 670.4(1)(h) does not provide immunity for a claim based upon the failure to repair, maintain, or operate a storm sewer system
- holding section 670.4(1)(h) does not provide immunity for a claim based upon the failure to repair, maintain, or operate a storm sewer system
- discussing chapter 613A, which was transferred to chapter 670 by the code editor for the 1993 Code
- discussing chapter 613A, which was transferred to chapter 670 by the code editor for the 1993 Code
- City was not entitled to immunity on the basis it was performing a “discretionary function” in failing to repair or properly maintain a known defective sewer system.
- city's decision whether to replace a sewer system involved a discretionary function, but the City's decision not to maintain and repair its sanitary sewer system was an operational decision, not an exercise of a discretionary function
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Judges: Reynoldson, McCormick, McGiverin, Larson, Schultz
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