Iowa-Illinois Gas & Elec. Co. v. Black & Veatch

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that contract issues were properly submitted to the jury
• explaining relevance rulings are discretionary so we do not disturb “those decisions unless the trial court clearly abused its discretion to the prejudice of the complaining party”
• the court is to interpret the meaning of the contract terms unless the meaning is dependent upon ex trinsic evidence
• expert witness may not state opinions as to legal standards, citing committee comment to Iowa Rule of Evidence 704
• expert witness may not state opinions as to legal standards, citing committee comment to Iowa Rule of Evidence 704
• “Extrinsic evidence is admissible as an aid to contract interpretation when it throws light on the parties’ situation, antecedent negotiations, attendant circumstances, and the objective which the parties were trying to attain.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).