Opinion ID: 2053542
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Heading: Emergency Response

Text: At the time of the accident, Hinson was transporting a seriously ill elderly patient to Burlington Medical Center. The patient had been picked up by the ambulance at her home in Mediapolis, Iowa. Her condition was diagnosed by emergency medical technicians. Based on their determination of her condition, Hinson was advised that the delivery of the patient to Burlington Medical Center should be done at a level known as a Code Two. That procedure involved use of lights located on the ambulance and both lights and siren once the ambulance reached the Burlington city limits. Evidence was adduced that Hinson followed that procedure by activating both the ambulance's flashing red lights and its warning siren. The district court submitted a special interrogatory to the jury to answer the question whether the ambulance was on an emergency call. The jury answered the interrogatory in the affirmative. Substantial evidence supports this finding that the ambulance driver was responding to an emergency.