# Young v. City of Des Moines

> Supreme Court of Iowa · February 22, 1978 · 262 N.W.2d 612

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9852018

## Case

- **Full name:** Terry L. YOUNG, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa, Appellant and Cross-Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Iowa
- **Decided:** February 22, 1978
- **Citations:** 262 N.W.2d 612; 1 A.L.R. 4th 431; 1978 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1205
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Harris
- **Judges:** Rawlings, Legrand, Rees, Uhlenhopp, Divisions, Harris
- **Cited by:** 41 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled on other grounds by Parks v. City of Marshalltown, 1989 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 149 (1989).
- Negative treatments: 1
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9852018

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that if legislature had intended to exempt municipal corporations from liability for punitive damages in wrongful death actions, it could have easily done so; therefore, despite state Tort Claims Act, which "specifically precluded" punitive damages, legislature's "failu…
- noting that punitive damages are “specifically precluded” under the ITCA

## Opinion text

HARRIS, Justice
(concurring in part, dissenting in part).
I concur in the holding of the majority in divisions I, II, and III. However I am unable to agree with the conclusion reached in division IV and respectfully dissent therefrom.

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