· 3/24/1999
Leaf v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Citations
- 590 N.W.2d 525
- 1999 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 52
- 1999 WL 160050
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- noting that “[j]ury instructions are to be read and considered as a whole” before finding the instructions given, when read together, adequately and accurately explained the law
- noting OSHA standards were designed to protect employees, not to establish an em ployee’s negligence per se in an action by the employee against the third party
- noting “issues of admissi bility of expert testimony will be raised prior to trial”
- noting “issues of admissibility of expert testimony will be raised prior to trial”
- noting the “expansive scope” of expert testimony under Iowa R. Evid. 5.702
- “Jury instructions are to be read and considered as a whole, not ‘piecemeal or in artificial isolation.’ ”
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Judges: Larson, Lavorato, Rato, Carter
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