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· 7/23/1997

Kulish v. Ellsworth

Citations

  • 566 N.W.2d 885
  • 1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 217
  • 1997 WL 424449

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming that the emergency response provision is constitutional as reasonably related to a legitimate governmental interest
  • concluding the statutory language is written broadly enough to cover a host of emergency situations
  • concluding the plaintiffs’ request for a continuance to gather affidavits from experts rang hollow where the controversy at issue raised legal, rather than factual, questions
  • characterizing the “language of section 670.4(11) — ⅛ connection with an emergency’ and ‘including but not limited to’ ” —as “broad”
  • overruling the plaintiff’s claim that a city’s immunity under the emergency response exemption amounted to an equal protection violation
  • affirming dismissal of common law vicarious-liability claim against county whose allegedly negligent employees enjoyed statutory immunity

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Judges: Harris, Lavorato, Neuman, Snell, Andreasen

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