FRANKEN v. CITY OF SIOUX CENTER

No. 2-61756.

272 N.W.2d 422 (1978)

Arnold J. FRANKEN, Appellant, v. CITY OF SIOUX CENTER, Iowa, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Cutler of Stewart, Hatfield, Klass & Whicher, Sioux City, for appellant.

Daryl L. Hecht of Crary, Huff, Yates & Clem, P. C., Sioux City, for appellee.

Considered by REES, P. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment of the district court in a claim for personal injuries resulting from bite of a tiger owned by defendant city. We reverse and remand for new trial because of errors of the trial court in its instructions to the jury.

The issues presented for review are: (1) whether the trial court properly instructed the jury as to the defense of assumption of risk; (2) whether the court erred in refusing to grant...

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