Amended September 5, 2017 Melissa Stender v. Anthony Zane Blessum

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 15–2016 Filed June 16, 2017 Amended September 5, 2017 MELISSA STENDER, Appellant, vs. ANTHONY ZANE BLESSUM, Appellee, MINNESOTA LAWYERS MUT. INS. CO., Intervenor-Appellee. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Douglas F. Staskal, Judge. A jury trial was held on plaintiff’s claims of legal malpractice, assault and battery, and punitive damages. The jury returned verdicts in favor of the defendant on the submitted legal malpractice claims and in favor of the plaintiff on the assault and battery claim. The jury also awarded the plaintiff damages…