Legal Opinion
Meier v. SENECAUT III
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 27, 2002No. 00-0114PublishedCited by 1,007 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
In this interlocutory appeal, we find appellant failed to preserve error on one of the issues raised on appeal but further find the district court erred in failing to dismiss the petition based on a claim of abusive delay in service of process which was properly preserved for our review. We reverse the decision of the district court and remand the case for entry of an order of dismissal.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
The proceedings in this case stem from an automobile accident between Loretta Meier and Voltaire Senecaut III (Senecaut III) on May 13, 1997. On January 20,…
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