Davenport Building Collapse Case Headed To Iowa Supreme Court

It's been over 2 years since it happened but the case is escalating.

As soon as we all saw the partial building collapse on Main in Davenport, we knew lawsuits would follow. And they did.

KWQC reports that now, the case is headed to the Iowa Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments on the situation. The issue at hand is whether or not public employees can be held liable for their actions or if they're protected under the law by qualified immunity.

This comes just months after the building's owner Andrew Wold changed his name and moved to Florida, according to WHBF.

The case going before the Iowa Supreme Court centers on Trishna Pradhan, building inspector, and her supervisor Rich Oswald. The lawsuit against them was filed by the building collapse survivors, alleging Pradhan and Oswald were negligent and new the building was in imminent danger but did not alert the residents.

3 people died in the collapse on May 28, 2023 and one person was trapped and injured.

Dozens of parties are named in the lawsuit, including building engineers who examined the building and people who were repairing the building when it collapsed.

Arguments start on October 7th but the Iowa Supreme Court isn't expected to rule on the case as a whole right now. They are expected to decide on if the public employees named in the suit will stay in it or not.

It was determined earlier this year that Wold would not face criminal charges related to the building collapse.