Anna J. Stoner, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of L.T.
v.
Kassi Taft and Tyler Taft
Appellant
Anna J. Stoner, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of L.T.
Appellee
Kassi Taft and Tyler Taft
Attorneys for the Appellant
Maria L. Hartman
James K. Weston, II
Attorneys for the Appellee
Michael Carmoney
Lydia Larson
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Monroe County, Greg Milani, Judge. AFFIRMED. Heard by Schumacher, P.J., Chicchelly, J., and Vogel, S.J. Opinion by Chicchelly, J. (11 pages)
Anna Stoner appeals the judgment entered for Kassi and Tyler Taft on her premises liability claim after she was injured while helping the Tafts catch a pony on their property. OPINION HOLDS: Iowa Code section 673.2 (2020) provides a negligence standard for the liability of owners of domesticated animals rather than an affirmative defense that the Tafts were required to plead. The activity Stoner was engaged in when she was injured falls under the definition of domesticated animal activity under chapter 673. Thus, the district court properly instructed the jury on the statute.
