Legal Opinion

Schaap v. Chicago and North Western Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided January 9, 1968No. 52736PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LeGRAND, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal under rule 332, Rules of Civil Procedure, involving three consolidated cases arising out of a fatal accident on July 20, 1966. The sole issue before us challenges the sufficiency of answers to interrogatories made by plaintiff. We limit our discussion to the questions and answers in one of the actions, although the conclusion we reach applies equally to all.

Plaintiff alleges Margery Schaap, Carol Schaap, and Peter Schaap were the only occupants of a 1960 Ford automobile owned by Peter Schaap when it was struck by one of defendant’s trains at…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Wheatley Ex Rel. Wheatley v. HeidemanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
  3. Crist v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
  4. Battershell v. Bowman Dairy Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1961
  5. Dritt v. MorrisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1962

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Amended September 30, 2015 Iowa Insurance Institute, Iowa Defense Counsel Association, Iowa Self-insurers' Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, and Iowa Association of Business and Industry v. Core Group of the Iowa Association for Justice Christopher J. Godfrey, Workers' Compensation Commissioner, Division of...Supreme Court of Iowa · 2015
  2. Bengford Ex Rel. Bengford v. Carlem Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  3. Misty M. Whitley v. C.R. Pharmacy Service, Inc. D/B/A Fifth Avenue Pharmacy, and Fifth Avenue CompoundingSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
  4. Blink v. McNabbSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980
  5. Robbins v. IOWA-ILLINOIS GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANYSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968

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