Legal Opinion
Hagan v. Val-Hi, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 15, 1992No. 91-63PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
The district court found a successor nonresident corporation liable for an unpaid judgment against its predecessor Iowa corporation. The nonresident corporation claims: (1) the trial court did not have personal jurisdiction over it; (2) interest was incorrectly calculated by the court; and (3) the judgment must be limited to the value of the assets transferred by the Iowa corporation to the successor corporation. The parties do not dispute that a successor corporation is responsible for the debts of a predecessor corporation after a merger. Because we find personal…
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