Legal Opinion
Richards v. Anderson Erickson Dairy Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 8, 2005No. 04-0644PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STREIT, Justice.
Iowa City must be a special place. The plaintiffs in this personal-injury action filed suit in Johnson County, notwithstanding the fact that it hardly had any connection to the case. The district court granted the defendants’ motion for a change of venue. The plaintiffs lost their trial and now appeal the venue change. Because we agree venue was not proper in Johnson County, we affirm.
I. Facts and Prior Proceedings
This appeal stems from a chain-reaction collision on a highway in Grundy County in early 2001. The accident involved a semi-truck owned by the Anderson Erickson…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Channon v. United Parcel Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2001
- State v. AndersonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1994
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
- Peters Ex Rel. Peters v. Vander KooiSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
- Roling v. DailySupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
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