Hook v. Lippolt

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a volunteer providing services to the Department of Human Services is an employee of the state covered by the ITCA
• stating the tortfeasor did not have a special duty to disclose and therefore holding the plaintiff bore the duty to diligently investigate the circumstances of the accident
• setting forth the elements of equitable estoppel, including that the defendant “has made a false representation” (quoting Christy v. Miulli, 692 N.W.2d 694, 702 (Iowa 2005))
• noting an injured party who knows of an “injury and its cause must conduct a reasonable investigation of the nature and extent” of the person’s legal rights
• remanding civil case “for entry of judgment in favor of the defendants”
• remanding civil case \for entry of judgment in favor of the defendants\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).