Court Opinion

ID: 9688572
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 17:56:55.706314+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:06:39.464476
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RAWLINGS, Justice
(concurring specially).
I respectfully submit trial court’s findings relative to negligence on the part of defendant are accorded neither substantial support in the record nor are they justified as a matter of law. In support of this position see Smith v. J. C. Penney Co, 260 Iowa 573, 149 N.W.2d 794; Beyer v. City of Dubuque, 258 Iowa 476, 139 N.W.2d 428, 18 A.L.R.3d 416; and Franzen v. Dimock, Gould & Co, 251 Iowa 742, 101 N.W.2d 4.
On the other hand the matter of contributory negligence was determinable by trial court sitting as trier of the facts. In my opinion its finding to the effect recovery by plaintiff is barred because of contributory negligence on her part finds substantial support in the record,
I therefore concur in the result.
BECKER and LeGRAND, JJ, join in this special concurrence.