Katko v. Briney
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Katko v. Briney, 183 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 1971), is a court case decided by the Iowa Supreme Court, in which homeowners Edward and Bertha Briney were held liable for battery for injuries caused to trespasser Marvin Katko, who set off a spring gun set as a mantrap in an uninhabitated house on their property.[1] The case thereafter received wide attention in legal circles, becoming a staple of tort law casebooks and law school courses.[2][3]
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Katko v. Briney | |
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Court | Iowa Supreme Court |
Full case name | Marvin Katko v. Edward Briney and Bertha L. Briney |
Decided | February 9, 1971 (1971-02-09) |
Citation | 183 N.W.2d 657 |
Case history | |
Appealed from | Iowa District Court for the 8th Judicial District |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Chief Justice C. Edwin Moore Associate Justices Robert L. Larson · William Corwin Stuart · M. L. Mason · Francis H. Becker · Warren J. Rees · Maurice E. Rawlings · Clay LeGrand · Harvey Uhlenhopp |
Case opinions | |
Landowner had a duty not to set potentially deadly traps for trespassers. | |
Decision by | Moore |
Dissent | Larson |
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