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· 6/17/1981

Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piekenbrock

Citations

  • 306 N.W.2d 784
  • 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 969

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that other states have denied liability on the grounds that “failure to remove the key in itself, although negligent, is not the proximate cause of the injuries resulting from the thief-driver’s tortious conduct”
  • “one may assume others will obey the law”

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Judges: Allbee, LeGRAND, McCORMICK, Reynoldson, Schultz

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