# Adam v. State

> Supreme Court of Iowa · January 15, 1986 · 380 N.W.2d 716

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9673373

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert D. ADAM, Et Al., Appellees, v. STATE of Iowa, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Iowa
- **Decided:** January 15, 1986
- **Citations:** 380 N.W.2d 716; 1986 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1071
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Schultz
- **Judges:** Uhlenhopp, Schultz, Carter, Wolle
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Questioned by Raas v. State, 2007 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 43 (2007).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9673373

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- declining to give preclusive damages of $57,325. Id. Karlen requested a formal hearing. An administrative law judge (ALJ
- declining to give preclusive effect to a prior district court ruling on a statutory exemption when the losing party settled on appeal
- noting the public-duty doctrine is clearly incompatible with the ITCA
- rejecting public-duty doctrine with regard to municipalities

## Opinion text

SCHULTZ, Justice
(dissenting in part).
I agree with the majority opinion except division III. I do not believe that the legislature, by enacting Iowa Code chapter 542, intended to subject the State to civil liability for its inspectors’ failure to perform their duties. I would not hold that a failure to perform such duties constitutes actionable negligence.
CARTER and WOLLE, JJ., join this dissent.

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