Supreme Court of Iowa December 18, 2002, 01-0328 (Fischer v. City of Sioux City)

LARSON, Justice.

Several Sioux City homeowners sued the city when a storm sewer overflowed and damaged their properties. The district' court, through the application of “offensive issue preclusion,” granted the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment based on a prior case in which the city was found to be negligent in the design of the same drainage system. We reverse and remand.

I.