Kettells v. Assurance Co. of America

LARSON, Justice.

Rick and Stephanie Kettells sued their underinsured motorist insurance carrier and obtained a judgment against it. The plaintiffs collected on the judgment and then filed posttrial motions under Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure 244 (new trial) and 252 (vacation or modification of judgment). (These rules have recently been renumbered 1.1004 and 1.1012, respectively.) The district court denied the posttrial motions, and the plaintiffs appealed. We dismiss the appeal as waived.

I.Facts and Prior Proceedings.

Rick Kettells was injured in an automobile accident in 1996. He and his wife…