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43 News Bull. 1 (1983)

handle is hein.barjournals/ialaw0043 and id is 1 raw text is: SUPREME COURT ADOPTS COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE REGIONAL SEMINARS SET MANY ISSUES UNANSWERED The Iowa Supreme Court in an historic decision filed December 22, 1982 adopte the doctrine of comparative negligence for Iowa. By a 5 to 4 vote the high court abandoned the doctrine that the contributory negligence of a party is a bar to recovery. The form of the doctrine of comparative negligence is believed to be that which is commonly known as pure comparative in that the court stated - * * recovery is not barred unless the injured party's neg- ligence is the sole proximate cause of the damages. The majority opinion written by Justice Mark McCormick makes the decision ret- roactive by holding that * * * the doc- trine shall apply to (1) the present case, (2) all cases tried or retired after the date of filing this opinion, and (3) all pending cases, including appeals, in which the issue has been preserved. The Association will conduct three region- al comparative negligence seminars on Jan- uary 26, 27, and 28, 1983 at Sioux City, Des Moines and Cedar Rapids respectively The seminar panelists will examine the many unanswered questions generated by the opinion. Every effort is being made to pro- vide the seminar attendees with up to date data on how the questions raised and issues presented by the opinion have been an- swered in other jurisdictions which have some form of comparative negligence. The program of the seminars is printed hereafter TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE REGIONAL SEMINARS 1. Impact on negligence per se, causation, REGIONAL SEMINARS, Cont. on page 4 The 1983 Bridge-The-Gap Committee under the Young Lawyers Section of the Iowa State Bar Association proudly an- nounces the 15th Annual Bridge-The-Gap Seminar and invites you to attend the sessions. This is the first year that the program has included all fifteen hours of the Iowa C.L.E. requirements. As part thereof, the six hours of Federal C.L.E. requirements will be included. Hence, you can meet both your State and Federal C.L.E. require- ments by attending this one seminar This year the seminar will start on Thursday morning, April 28, 1983, and conclude on Friday afternoon, April 29, 1983. All sessions will be held in the PRO Thursday Morning April 28, 1983 8:00 - 9:00 SELECTION OF A JURY - PLAINTIFF'S VS. DEFENDANT'S VIEWPOINT: Charles T Traw Richard G. Santi Mr Traw and Mr Santi will select a jury from a panel of eight prospective jurors. Judge Louis A. Lavorato will preside over the selection of the jurors. The attorneys will deal with the geography of jury selection, projecting the fairness of their positions to the jury and how to respond to the silent voice in the jury room. After the selection of Terrace and Des Mcines Rooms of the Hotel Savery, Des Moines, Iowa. For the first time in-house television presentation will be available in an adjunct room in order to accommodate any overflow crowd, thereby eliminating the close quar- ters of the past. As with last year, seating will be at tables for your convenience. The Hotel Savery has set aside one hundred rooms for advance reservations. Those staying at the Hotel Savery will have access to their health spa which includes complete exercise equipment - jogging track - sauna - steam inhalation and sun rooms - whirlpool - masseur - lounge with TV. and vibrating chairs. GRAM the jury, Mr. Santi and Mr. Traw will speak on the various do's and don'ts on jury selection. 9:00 - 9:30 JURY INSTRUCTIONS, THEIR USE AND ARGUMENT: Judge Louis A. Lavorato Judge Lavorato will cover what the Trial Court ordinarily expects by way of re- quested instructions, how to make a record on instructions and the use of instructions in final argument. 9:30 - 10:00 WORKERS COMPENSATION - UPDATE John M. Bickel Mr Bickel will present the method for BRIr('E THE GAP, Cont. on page 5 1ry Hotel Des Moines, Iowa April 28 and 29, 1983 Please Reserve June 22, 23 & 24, 1983 for the 110th Annual Meeting of the Iowa State Bar Association to be Held at the Marriott Hotel.

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