Oehlert Ex Rel. Oehlert v. Kramer

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a 13 jury could find driver was reckless when he drove at speeds up to 90 mph in a 50-mph zone at night on a road he knew contained four curves
• “Whether excessive speed may amount to recklessness depends upon the attendant circumstances; and there are always attendant circumstances.” (quoting Lewis v. Baker, 104 N.W.2d 575, 578 (Iowa 1960))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Business Ventures, Inc. v. Iowa City
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-10-15· cited 40×
• Menzel v. Morse
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-02-13· cited 32×
• Pieper Ex Rel. Pieper v. Harmeyer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-11-12· cited 12×
• State v. Glenn
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-10-15· cited 10×
• Bell v. Community Ambulance Service Agency for Northern Des Moines County
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-05-28· cited 6×
• State Ex Rel. Rooney v. ONE 1977 SUBARU TWO DOOR, VIN A26L-910, 450
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1988-03-31· cited 3×
• Bell v. COMMUN. AMBULANCE SERV. AGENCY
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1998-05-28
• Rose v. Oakland Healthcare Management, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2025-02-19

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bengford Ex Rel. Bengford v. Carlem Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-03-05· cited 53×
• Houlahan v. Brockmeier
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-04-05· cited 31×
• France v. Benter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1964-05-05· cited 29×
• Lewis v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1960-08-02· cited 27×
• Winkler v. Patten
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1970-03-04· cited 14×
• Werthman v. Catholic Order of Foresters
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-02-09· cited 8×