Krull v. THERMOGAS CO. OF NORTHWOOD IA.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no equal protection violation in statute that protected manufacturers who might be responsible for defective improvements to real property, but not owners, occupants, or operators of such improvements or property
• barring actions “arising out of the unsafe or defective condition of an improvement to real property”
• developing the two alternative definitions of “improvement” from the dictionary meaning of the term
• “In equal protection challenges based on the federal and Iowa Constitutions, we usually interpret both federal and state equal protection provisions the same.” (Emphasis added.)
• in searching for legislative intent, the court is bound by what the legislature said, not by what it should or might have said
• “we are bound by what the legislature said, not by what it should or might have said”

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