Virden v. Betts And Beer Construction Company

656 N.W. 2d 805 (Iowa 2003)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

Ron Virden (P), worked in the maintenance at a High School. P's supervisor asked him to reinstall an angle iron that had fallen from the ceiling of the school's new wrestling room. P fell from the top of the ten-foot ladder and sustained severe injuries to his left leg, requiring several surgeries. P sued Betts & Beer (D) who had installed the wrestling room ceiling a few months before. The district court granted summary judgment to D. It held D's negligence was not the proximate cause of P's injuries. P appealed, and the court of appeals reversed. The Supreme Court of Iowa granted review.