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· 11/24/1982

Kester v. Bruns

Citations

  • 326 N.W.2d 279
  • 1982 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1606

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding rescue instruction not warranted because “it was unreasonable as a matter of 'law for [the plaintiff] to risk his life to prevent the remote possibility of some harm befalling his $90 pool cue”
  • holding rescue instruction not warranted because \it was unreasonable as a matter of law for [the plaintiff] to risk his life to prevent the remote possibility of some harm befalling his $90 pool cue\
  • The pretrial order controls the subsequent course of the action unless subsequently modified to prevent manifest injustice.
  • notice pleading permits party to postpone specificity from pleading to pretrial stage, but does not dispense with it altogether
  • “A party must be specific when requested to do so through appropriate pretrial procedures.”
  • \A party must be specific when requested to do so through appropriate pretrial procedures.\

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Judges: Legrand, Uh-Lenhopp, Harris, McCormick, McGiverin

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