SCREENING STATEMENT

 

No. 08-0776

 

Black Hawk County No. LACV099788

 

 

MARDRA GALLOWAY, as Parent and

Next Friend of TANIEA GALLOWAY, a

Minor,

          Plaintiff-Appellant,

 

vs.

 

STATE OF IOWA,

          Defendant-Appellee.

 

Trial Judge:          George Stigler

 

Appellate Counsel:

          Ryan T. Beattie of Beattie Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

 

          Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Joanne Moeller, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

 

Trial Counsel:

          Appellate counsel for appellant.

 

          Joanne Moeller, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

 

Trial judgment date: 3-6-08

 

Ready date: 12-22-08

 

Case context: Plaintiff, whose daughter was injured in a car-pedestrian accident while on a field trip sponsored by the University of Northern Iowa, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing her negligence action against the State. Plaintiff contends the district court erred by finding that the release forms she signed on behalf of her minor daughter, which prospectively waived her daughter's future causes of action against the State, were valid and enforceable.