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Id. The district court correctly determined Kaczinski and Lockwood owed no statutory duty pursuant to Iowa Code section 318.3 under the circumstances of this case. Dist., 617 N.W.2d 11, 17 (Iowa 2000). James Kaczinski and Michelle Lockwood resided in rural Madison County, near Earlham, on property abutting a gravel road. In order to determine whether appropriate care was exercised, the factfinder must assess the foreseeable risk at the time of the defendant's alleged negligence. The following day, Charles Thompson and his wife (plaintiffs) were driving along the road. The drafters acknowledge that courts have frequently used foreseeability in no-duty determinations, but have now explicitly disapproved the practice in the Restatement (Third) and limited no-duty rulings to “articulated policy or principle in order to facilitate more transparent explanations of the reasons for a no-duty ruling and to protect the traditional function of the jury as factfinder.”  Id. T & K Roofing Co. v. Iowa Dep't of Educ., 593 N.W.2d 159, 163 (Iowa 1999). [376] MITCHELL, J. 1. We find the drafters' clarification of the duty analysis in the Restatement (Third) compelling, and we now, therefore, adopt it. State v. Snyder, 634 N.W.2d 613, 615 (Iowa 2001). in opposition filed. A reasonable fact finder could determine Kaczinski and Lockwood should have known high winds occasionally occur in Iowa in September and a strong gust of wind could displace the unsecured trampoline parts the short distance from the yard to the roadway and endanger motorists. October 27, 2020 Connick c. Thompson Case Brief F a cts Connick was the Orleans Parish District Attorney. The confusion arises when jurors understand “proximate cause” as implying “there is but one cause-the cause nearest in time or geography to the plaintiff's harm-and that factual causation bears on the issue of scope of liability.”   Id. Audio Transcription for Opinion Announcement – January 24, 2011 in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP Antonin Scalia: This case is here on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. We conclude the legislature included the phrase “cause to be placed” to prevent a person from avoiding liability by simply hiring someone else to do the “placing.”. Clinkscales, 697 N.W.2d at 841. This concept has traditionally been designated “proximate cause.”   While this term is used extensively and appropriately by courts, practitioners, and scholars, it causes considerable confusion for juries because it does not clearly express the idea it is meant to represent. R (TF and Thompson) v SSHD [2009] EWCA Civ 792 (1) The indefinite nature of the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (the Sex Offenders Register) is a disproportionate breach of Article 8: there is no opportunity for review of the necessity of the requirements, and the case is stronger in the case of young offenders. Decision without published opinion. remained viable, the application to the facts of this case is inappropriate. We transferred the case to the court of appeals, which affirmed the district court's ruling. Iowa R.App. We will only consider the issues raised by the estate in its appellate brief. This test holds “[t]he actor's negligent conduct is a legal cause of harm to another if (a) his conduct is a substantial factor in bringing about the harm, and (b) there is no rule of law relieving the actor from liability.”  Restatement (Second) of Torts § 431, at 428 (1965);  accord Kelly v. Sinclair Oil Corp., 476 N.W.2d 341, 349 (Iowa 1991). cmt. § 27 cmt. B. Consider the example of two landowners. “Tort law does not impose liability on an actor for all harm factually caused by the actor's tortious conduct.”   Restatement (Third) ch. We granted the Thompsons' application for further review. However, the district court erred in concluding Kaczinski and Lockwood owed the Thompsons no common law duty. Defendant and victim were inmates in jail. Posted on June 12, 2012 | Criminal Law | Tags: Criminal Law Case Brief. The district court’s summary judgment dismissed only the State from the case and the action remains pending as to defendant Pomeroy Development. Learn more about Quimbee’s unique (and proven) approach to achieving great grades at law school. Upon completion of the additional chapters, the final text will be published. When the consideration of foreseeability is removed from the determination of duty, as we now hold it should be, there remains the question of whether a principle or strong policy consideration justifies the exemption of Kaczinski and Lockwood-as part of a class of defendants-from the duty to exercise reasonable care. The factors have not been viewed as three distinct and necessary elements, but rather as considerations employed in a balancing process. briefs keyed to 223 law school casebooks. Thompson v. Kaczinski, 774 N.W.2d 829, 1. Common Law Duty. 6 Special Note on Proximate Cause, at 574. But an injury which could not have been foreseen or reasonably anticipated as the probable result of an act of negligence is not actionable and such an act is either the remote cause, or no cause whatever, of the injury.’ ”. When they went outside to investigate, they discovered the top of their trampoline lying on the roadway. Written and curated by real attorneys at Quimbee. Id. The lower court found that there was a nuisance but refused to grant an injunction, rather awarding her £1,000 for damages to that date and £15,000 for damages likely to be incurred in the future. They placed a disassembled trampoline in their yard, less than 40 feet from the road, for later disposal. 48, 50 (1909)). Thompson v. Libby Case Brief - Rule of Law: The parol evidence rule prevents extrinsic evidence from being used to contradict or vary the terms of a written. Id. Statement of the Facts: 15-year old Thompson actively participated in the brutal murder of his brother-in-law, who was abusive to Thompson’s sister. When, as in this case, the court considers in advance of trial whether. During the late summer of 2006, they disassembled a trampoline and placed its component parts on their yard approximately thirty-eight feet from the road. Kaczinski and Lockwood were awakened by Thompson's screams at about 9:40 a.m., shortly after the accident. Thornton drove his car to a car park. The district court granted summary judgment, concluding the defendants owed no duty to the motorist under the circumstances and the personal injuries resulting from the crash were not proximately caused by the defendants' alleged negligence. The assessment of scope of liability under the Restatement (Third) no longer includes a determination of whether the actor's conduct was a substantial factor in causing the harm at issue, a question properly addressed under the factual cause rubric. 1097, § 3 (codified at Iowa Code § 318.3 (2007)). Having reexamined the question, we concur with the drafters of the Restatement (Third) on this point. Tweet Id. Affirmed. Read more about Quimbee. d, at 584-85. At trial in 2013 Jacqui Thompson, a blogger and resident in Carmarthenshire lost her libel action against Carmarthenshire County Council and its its Chief Executive, Mark James. First, the majority holds that the defendants had a common-law duty to reasonably secure outdoor personal property from being displaced by the wind. b, at 576-77. The case is stated in the opinion. (Plaintiff’s Brief supporting its Resistance, APP 155–161). d, at 580, 584. The child drops the gun (an object assumed for the purposes of the illustration to be neither too heavy nor unwieldy for a child of that age and size to handle) which lands on her foot and breaks her toe. In truth, there are no facts in the record at this point to show or explain how the wind could have moved the trampoline. [375] Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Dakota county, Crosby, J., presiding, refusing a new trial. Audio Transcription for Oral Argument – December 07, 2010 in Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP. The pieces of the trampoline were not secured in place. The general duty of reasonable care will apply in most cases, and thus courts “can rely directly on § 6 and need not refer to duty on a case-by-case basis.”   Id. Automatic ticket machine at car park; incorporation of terms displayed inside. Id. Thompson v. Kaczinski, 774 N.W.2d 829, 834 (Iowa 2009) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted). Restatement (Third) § 29 cmt. You're using an unsupported browser. Thompson v. Kaczinski, 774 N.W.2d 829, 835 (Iowa 2009). Iowa Ass'n of Sch. The procedural disposition (e.g. “An actor's liability is limited to those physical harms that result from the risks that made the actor's conduct tortious.”   Id. It was held. Aug 26 2019: Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Free Speech filed. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings, or use a different web browser like Google Chrome or Safari. Id. The drafters advance several advantages of limiting liability in this way. It also is flexible enough to “accommodate fairness concerns raised by the specific facts of a case.”  Id. 6 Special Note on Proximate Cause, at 574. Thompson and his wife sued nearby homeowners James Kaczinski and Michelle Lockwood. We’re not just a study aid for law students; we’re the study aid for law students. Kennaway appealed s… Id. Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [1971] QB 163. 89-42-MAC(WDO). Get Thompson v. Baxter, 119 N.W. Microsoft Edge. The district court concluded that because the defendants' failure to secure their trampoline and prevent its displacement to the roadway was unintentional, their actions did not violate the statute. d, at 579-80. Page 414. Charles swerved to miss the trampoline top, lost control of his vehicle, and entered a ditch where the car rolled several times. at 470 (quoting Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, 477 U.S. 242, 251-52, 106 S.Ct. On the other hand, if the undisputed facts showed the trampoline tarp was attached to the metal ring and positioned flat on the ground, a court may very well be justified in concluding the incident was not within the risks of leaving a trampoline in the yard. We have held causation has two components:  cause in fact and legal cause. American Law Institute, Current Projects, http://​www.​ali.​org/​index.​cfm?​fuseaction=​projects.​proj_ ip&​projectid=​16. Thompson v. Thompson Case Brief - Rule of Law: The PKPA requires that a state give full faith and credit to a sister state's child custody determination, Every Bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below: PLUS: Hundreds of law school topic-related videos from Thompson v. City of Louisville, 362 U.S. 199 (1960), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court unanimously held that it is a violation of due process to convict a person of an offense when there is no evidence of his guilt. Moreover, without such facts, the incident cannot be explained by common knowledge. Internet Explorer 11 is no longer supported. This court's adherence to the formulation has been less than consistent. a, at 576.3  Accordingly, to eliminate the resulting confusion of factual and policy determinations resulting from the Restatement (Second) formulation of legal cause, the drafters have opted to address factual cause and scope of liability (proximate cause) separately. 115, 535 A.2d 1177 at 575. Audio Transcription for Oral Argument – November 09, 1987 in Thompson v. Oklahoma. Thompson v. Nason Hosp. Argument day podcasts: Thompson v. North American Stainless (Adam Schlossman) Argument preview: Does Title VII create a cause of action for third-party victims of retaliation? Kaczinski and Lockwood were awakened by Thompson's screams at about 9:40 a.m., shortly after the accident. Corp. v. Iowa State Bd. We do now. Court of Appeals of Iowa. See Summy v. City of Des Moines, 708 N.W.2d 333, 342 (Iowa 2006);  Clinkscales, 697 N.W.2d at 843. “In a negligence action, prior incidents or other facts evidencing risks may make certain risks foreseeable that otherwise were not, thereby changing the scope-of-liability analysis.” Restatement (Third) § 29 cmt. The scope-of-liability issue is fact-intensive as it requires consideration of the risks that made the actor's conduct tortious and a determination of whether the harm at issue is a result of any of those risks. They alleged "[t]he traveled portion of the roadway was obstructed as a result of Defendants' negligence in failing to properly secure their property and in failing to timely remove their property from the traveled portion of the roadway." Accordingly, we conclude the district court erred in determining Kaczinski and Lockwood owed no common law duty under the circumstances presented here. Properly understood, both the risk standard and a foreseeability test exclude liability for harms that were sufficiently unforeseeable at the time of the actor's tortious conduct that they were not among the risks-potential harms-that made the actor negligent․ [W]hen scope of liability arises in a negligence case, the risks that make an actor negligent are limited to foreseeable ones, and the factfinder must determine whether the type of harm that occurred is among those reasonably foreseeable potential harms that made the actor's conduct negligent. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Madison County, Darrell J. Goodhue, Judge. at 817. e, at 585. Section 318.3 provides a person “shall not place, or cause to be placed, an obstruction within any highway right-of-way.”   An “obstruction” is defined as “an obstacle in the highway right-of-way or an impediment or hindrance which impedes, opposes, or interferes with free passage along the highway right-of-way.”  Iowa Code § 318.1(4). 6 Special Note on Proximate Cause, at 574. Audio Transcription for Opinion Announcement – June 29, 1988 in Thompson v. Oklahoma John Paul Stevens: The second case that I have to announce is No. at 98-99. First, the application of the risk standard is comparatively simple. Restatement (Third) ch. Stringer & Seymour, for respondent. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion, and the Thompsons appealed. Weber v. Madison, 251 N.W.2d 523, 527 (Iowa 1977) (citation omitted);  see also Fritz v. Parkison, 397 N.W.2d 714, 715 (Iowa 1986) (noting public policy to keep highways free from obstructions and hazards is well-developed and clearly recognized);  Stewart v. Wild, 196 Iowa 678, 683, 195 N.W. The substance of the Proposed Final Draft No. This website requires JavaScript. Stotts, 688 N.W.2d at 810. Thompson v. Kaczinski Facts:-Thompson was driving down the highway and swerved his car into a ditch to avoid the trampoline parts on the road.-Plaintiff sued and claimed that defendant negligently allowed the object to block the road.Issue: Was there a duty owed and breached? Decided June 24, 1991. Scoggins v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 560 N.W.2d 564, 568-69 (Iowa 1997) (quoting Fly v. Cannon, 836 S.W.2d 570, 574 (Tenn.Ct.App.1992)). Co., 656 N.W.2d 805, 807 (Iowa 2003) (noting summary judgment is usually inappropriate in negligence cases). The Iowa Supreme Court granted the Thompsons' application to review the matter. We generally presume words contained in a statute are used in their ordinary and usual sense with the meaning commonly attributed to them. Google Chrome, b, at 577. § 7(b), at 90. All rights reserved. Trial: found for plaintiff (I think Defendant just didn’t pay for logs) SC: affirmed, no new trial . Accordingly, we conclude the district court correctly determined that under the facts presented here, section 318.3 does not impose a duty upon Lockwood and Kaczinski to refrain from negligently causing an obstruction to be placed in the right-of-way. at 816. Sch. ). The drafters of the Restatement (Third) explain that foreseeability is still relevant in scope-of-liability determinations. See Restatement (Third) § 27, at 452. We noted in Gerst, 549 N.W.2d at 817, but did not decide the question whether the substantial factor test should be eliminated. An exceptional case is one in which “an articulated countervailing principle or policy warrants denying or limiting liability in a particular class of cases.”   Id. R.M.H. Connick v. Thompson, 563 U.S. 51 (2011), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether a prosecutor's office can be held liable for a single Brady violation by one of its members on the theory that the office provided inadequate training.. In this situation, because a strict application of the cause-in-fact “but-for” test “would allow both tortfeasors to avoid liability, courts made the policy decision to nevertheless impose liability ‘if [the defendant's conduct] was a material element and a substantial factor in bringing [the event] about.’ ” Gerst, 549 N.W.2d at 815 (quoting W. Page Keeton et al., Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts § 41, at 267 (5th ed. We resort to rules of statutory construction when the explicit terms of a statute are ambiguous. Id. When he swerved to avoid the obstruction on the road, Thompson lost control of his vehicle. There were jail bars separating defendant and victim at the time the incident occurred. § 29 cmt. Defendant convicted at trial of sodomy. One evening, a storm with heavy winds blew the top of the trampoline into the middle of the road. Thompson v. Kaczinski - Unforeseeable Instant Facts: The defendants left unsecured parts from their disassembled trampoline in their yard for a few weeks; when a storm erupted, strong winds blew the top of the trampoline into the road and (P) was injured when he swerved to avoid hitting it. Sep 25 2019: Brief of respondents Heather Hebdon, et al. 86-6169, Thompson against Oklahoma, which comes to us from the Court of Criminal Appeals of that State. Sign up for a free 7-day trial and ask it. The word “substantial” has been used to express “the notion that the defendant's conduct has such an effect in producing the harm as to lead reasonable minds to regard it as a cause.”  Sumpter v. City of Moulton, 519 N.W.2d 427, 434 (Iowa Ct.App.1994). Case Brief: Thompson v. Libby. Reasons of policy and principle justifying a departure from the general duty to exercise reasonable care do not depend on the foreseeability of harm based on the specific facts of a case. The Restatement (Second) rarely used the term “proximate cause,” but instead used “legal cause” as an umbrella term to address both concepts of factual cause and proximate cause. 9 832 (Iowa 2009) (quoting Clinkscales v. Nelson Sec., Inc., 697 N.W.2d 836, 841 (Iowa 2005)). Wind gusts from the storm displaced the top of the trampoline from the yard to the surface of the road. Bds. The Estate’s Appeal. practice questions in 1L, 2L, & 3L subjects, as well as 16,500+ case at 97-98. Our previous decisions have characterized the proposition that the relationship giving rise to a duty of care must be premised on the foreseeability of harm to the injured person as “a fundamental rule of negligence law.”  Sankey v. Richenberger, 456 N.W.2d 206, 209-10 (Iowa 1990). a, at 90. People v. Thompson. Second, the majority utilizes a causation or scope-of-liability analysis to deny summary judgment on the basis that a “reasonable fact finder could determine [the defendants] should have known ․ a strong gust of wind could displace the unsecured trampoline ․ and endanger motorists.”   Yet, they identify no facts or offer any common knowledge to explain such a conclusion. 797 (1909), Minnesota Supreme Court, case facts, key issues, and holdings and reasonings online today. Both are arguably intentional acts. Copyright © 2020, Thomson Reuters. 760 N.W.2d 211 (2008) THOMPSON v. KACZINSKI. Thompson asserts that his testimony was not necessary in other cases due to the guilty pleas of the defendants Thompson was to testify against. Thompson v. Oklahoma Case Brief. This principle, referred to as the “risk standard,” is intended to prevent the unjustified imposition of liability by “confining liability's scope to the reasons for holding the actor liable in the first place.”   Id. Connick’s office charged Thompson with attempted armed robbery. j, at 98. 1984)). Causation is a question for the jury, “ ‘save in very exceptional cases where the facts are so clear and undisputed, and the relation of cause and effect so apparent to every candid mind, that but one conclusion may be fairly drawn therefrom.’ ” Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Ry., 239 Iowa 356, 362, 30 N.W.2d 120, 123 (1947) (quoting Fitter v. Iowa Tel. Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute and the Institute for Justice filed. All that is known from the summary judgment proceeding is the trampoline was “disassembled” and “placed” in the yard. The Thompsons contend this was error and that the phrase “cause to be placed” is intended to address acts that unintentionally result in an obstruction of the highway. JOSEPH H. THOMPSON vs. ROWLAND C. LIBBY. 6–3 decision for Thompson majority opinion by William J. Brennan, Jr. The email address cannot be subscribed. A narrow construction is necessary because there may be a point when public-policy considerations would intervene to narrow the duty to exclude some items of personal property placed or kept by homeowners and others outside a home, such as patio and deck furniture and curbside waste disposal and recycling containers. Some law schools—such as Yale, Vanderbilt, Berkeley, and the University of Illinois—even subscribe directly to Quimbee for all their law students. They explain that a foreseeability test “risks being misunderstood because of uncertainty about what must be foreseen, by whom, and at what time.”  Id. If the facts, disputed or undisputed, showed the trampoline in this case was positioned in the yard in such a way that a reasonable person with common knowledge could understand that wind could enter under the trampoline tarp and lift the trampoline, then a reasonable fact finder could determine the incident was within the range of harms of leaving a trampoline in the yard to support causation or scope of liability. See 2006 Iowa Acts ch. - 370 Pa. Super. Co., 143 Iowa 689, 693-94, 121 N.W. at 595. It is inappropriate for a court to make a legal determination that a reasonable person should have known or appreciated the ability of wind to lift and carry a trampoline without knowing the particular facts and circumstances. Section 318.6 provides any person who places or causes an obstruction to be placed “is deemed to have created a public nuisance punishable as provided in chapter 657.”   Section 657.3 provides a person found guilty of causing a public nuisance “shall be guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.”   We are not inclined to interpret section 318.3 in a way that would result in punishing ordinary negligence as an aggravated misdemeanor-a necessary result of interpreting the statute as the Thompsons urge. Audio opinion coming soon. § 29 cmt. When not defined in a statute, we construe a term according to its accepted usage. A review of the entire statutory scheme further convinces us the legislature did not intend to address negligent or unintentional behavior. Summary judgment can only be granted when the facts are clear and undisputed. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986)). The Court in Thompson, described that: The assessment of the foreseeability of a risk is allocated by the Restatement (Third) to the fact finder, to be considered when the jury decides if the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care. Co., 599 N.W.2d 716, 718 (Iowa 1999)). 1 of the Restatement (Third) of Torts has been finally approved by both the American Law Institute's Council and its membership (with the exception of two comments which are not relevant to our analysis or disposition in this case). Bd., 590 N.W.2d 712, 717 (Iowa 1999). Although the memorandum filed by Kaczinski and Lockwood in support of their motion for summary judgment raised only the questions of whether a duty was owed and whether a duty was breached, the district court concluded the plaintiffs' claims must fail for the further reason that they did not establish a causal connection between their claimed injuries and damages and the acts and omissions of Kaczinski and Lockwood. 1, 2005) [hereinafter Restatement (Third) ].1  Thus, in most cases involving physical harm, courts “need not concern themselves with the existence or content of this ordinary duty,” but instead may proceed directly to the elements of liability set forth in section 6. See Gerst, 549 N.W.2d at 816-17 (chronicling inconsistencies in our approach to questions of proximate causation). Then, the court can compare the plaintiff's harm with the range of harms risked by the defendant to determine whether a reasonable jury might find the former among the latter. Read Thompson v. Kaczinski, 774 N.W.2d 829 free and find dozens of similar cases using artificial intelligence. When, as in this case, we have been called upon to consider the role of an intervening or superseding cause, the question of the foreseeability of the superseding force has been critical. Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722 (1991) Coleman v. Thompson. When they went outside to investigate, they discovered the top of their trampoline lying on the roadway. Again relying on its determination that the risk of the trampoline's displacement from the yard to the roadway was not foreseeable, the court resolved the causation issue against the Thompsons as a matter of law. Ctr., 656 N.W.2d 71, 83 (Iowa 2002). f, at 81-82. We recommend using As a reasonable fact finder could conclude the Thompsons' injuries and damages were within the scope of the risk of Kaczinski and Lockwood's acts or omissions, the district court erred in resolving the scope of liability question as a matter of law. When a statute or rule is plain and its meaning is clear, the rules of statutory construction do not permit courts to search for meaning beyond its express terms. Learn more about FindLaw’s newsletters, including our terms of use and privacy policy. The latter component requires a policy determination of whether “the policy of the law must require the defendant to be legally responsible for the injury.”  Gerst v. Marshall, 549 N.W.2d 810, 815 (Iowa 1996). of Tax Review, 302 N.W.2d 140, 143 (Iowa 1981). “An actor ordinarily has a duty to exercise reasonable care when the actor's conduct creates a risk of physical harm.”   Restatement (Third) of Torts:  Liab. Id. However, Thompson did assist in at least one investigation and testified before a grand jury in the case of United States v. Milton Dobbin Evans, Crim. The defendants moved for summary judgment and argued they owed no duty under the circumstances to the Thompsons because the risk that the trampoline top would move from their yard to the middle of the roadway was not foreseeable. ;  see also Virden v. Betts & Beer Constr. Most importantly, the drafters of the Restatement (Third) have clarified the essential role of policy considerations in the determination of the scope of liability. Facts. Some are unable to vote because their convictions are considered "disqualifying" under Alabama's law, and others because they cannot afford to … The district court granted the motion, concluding Kaczinski and Lockwood breached no duty and the damages claimed by the plaintiffs were not proximately caused by the defendants' negligence. Foreseeable risk is an element in the determination of negligence. Then click here. In fact, they acknowledge the similarity between the risk standard they articulate and the foreseeability tests applied by most jurisdictions in making causation determinations in negligence cases. The other landowner hires a contractor to build a fence in the highway right-of-way. As an example of the standard's application, the drafters provide an illustration of a hunter returning from the field and handing his loaded shotgun to a child as he enters the house. stack emissions do ... uniquely rooted in the facts and circumstances of a particular case and in the reasonability of the defendant’s response to those facts and circumstances.” A.W. No contracts or commitments. Faber v. Herman, 731 N.W.2d 1, 7 (Iowa 2007). No contracts or commitments. Please try again. One landowner builds a fence herself within the highway right-of-way. Oct 09 2019: Reply of petitioners David Thompson, et al. Thus, in an attempt to eliminate unnecessary confusion caused by the traditional vernacular, the drafters of the third Restatement refer to the concept of proximate cause as “scope of liability.” 2, The drafters of the Restatement (Third) explain that the “legal cause” test articulated in the second Restatement included both the “substantial factor” prong and the “rule of law” prong because it was intended to address both factual and proximate cause. When they went outside to investigate, they discovered the top of their trampoline lying on the roadway. Accordingly, we shall apply our well-established rules in interpreting the ambiguous phrase. We have previously applied the test articulated in the Restatement (Second) of Torts when determining if a defendant's conduct is a legal or proximate cause of the plaintiff's damages. In determining legislative intent we consider not only the words used by the legislature, but also the statute's “subject matter, the object sought to be accomplished, the purpose to be served, underlying policies, ․ and the consequences of various interpretations.”  State v. Albrecht, 657 N.W.2d 474, 479 (Iowa 2003). U.S. Supreme Court Thompson v. Louisiana, 469 U.S. 17 (1984) Thompson v. Louisiana. Lockwood dragged the object back into the yard while Kaczinski assisted Thompson. "Elevator Case" Breach: Res Ipsa 1) Control= management or responsibility ... Thompson v. Kaczinski "Trampoline in the Street" Proximate Cause: Risk Rule-- "An actor's liability is limited to those physical harms that result from the risks that made the actor's conduct tortious." Issue section includes: v1508 - c62a5f3a171bd33c7dd4f193cca3b7247e5f24f7 - 2020-12-18T12:41:07Z Lockwood, Appellees 829... Trampoline was “ disassembled ” and “ placed ” is rendered superfluous 549 N.W.2d at (... 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