(December 20, 2019, 9:25 AM EST) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa appeals court on Nov. 27 affirmed a $4.9 million jury award to a woman who fractured her ankle when she fell on an icy sidewalk outside a hotel, holding that the award was not excessive and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion by permitting certain expert testimony (Brenda J. Alcala v. Marriott International Inc., et al., No. 18-1453, Iowa App., 2019 Iowa App. LEXIS 1058)....