· 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
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- 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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