Opinion ID: 2046018
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Heading Rank: 10

Heading: Viability of recovery under tort.

Text: BRK contends that the district court should have sustained its motion for directed verdict because the Mercers failed to state a claim in tort. As outlined in BRK's brief, this contention seems to be based on the argument that plaintiffs are limited to a contract theory of recovery because their complaint about the model 83R smoke detector is that it does not perform as well as a combination smoke detector, which BRK says is a contract-based theory and for which recovery under tort is not available. Upon our review, we conclude that BRK did not raise this specific contention in its motion for directed verdict. We therefore conclude that BRK failed to preserve error on whether plaintiffs are limited to a contract-based theory of recovery and we need not consider the merits of that issue on appeal. See Lamb, 570 N.W.2d at 67 (stating that a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict pursuant to Iowa rule of civil procedure 243 must stand on grounds raised in the movant's motion for directed verdict and review on appeal is limited to grounds raised in the directed verdict motion).