REBECCA S. CARKHUFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. REIF OIL COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 9-559 / 09-0033
Filed August 19, 2009
REBECCA S. CARKHUFF,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
vs.
REIF OIL COMPANY, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, Michael J.
Schilling, Judge.
Rebecca Carkhuff appeals from the district court’s ruling granting
defendant’s motion for summary judgment. AFFIRMED.
Timothy D. Roberts of Anderson, Roberts, Porth & Wallace, P.L.C.,
Burlington, for appellant.
Andrew T. Tice of Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.
Considered by Vogel, P.J., and Vaitheswaran and Potterfield, JJ.
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POTTERFIELD, J.
After a review of the record, we affirm without opinion pursuant to Iowa
Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.1203(a) and (d) (2009). This case was submitted
on summary judgment. The undisputed facts involve a slip and fall in an ongoing
winter storm. The Iowa Supreme Court held in Reuter v. Iowa Trust & Savings
Bank, 244 Iowa 939, 943, 57 N.W.2d 225, 227 (1953), that a business is
permitted to wait until a reasonable time after the end of a storm to remove ice
and snow from the premises. Because the present case is not distinguishable
from Reuter, we agree with the district court that the Reuter rule applies to
preclude liability.
AFFIRMED.
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