Iowa Supreme Court Weighs the Role of ‘Custom’ in Premises Liability Case Involving Foul Ball

The Supreme Court of Iowa has reversed, in part, the finding of a jury that a high school was liable for an injury that occurred when a foul ball struck a baseball player, who was standing in the dugout.   While concluding that the high school “owed a duty of care to the player and substantial evidence supports the jury verdict,” it also found that “the district court abused its discretion in not allowing the high school to present evidence of custom (and that it) erred when it failed