Legal Opinion
Vos v. Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 16, 2003No. 01-1025PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAVORATO, Chief Justice.
The plaintiffs, Cherri Lea Vos, Rita C. Anderson, and Quentin V. Anderson, appeal a district court ruling decertifying their class action against Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and FBL Financial Group, Inc. (collectively “Farm Bureau”). Because we find no abuse of discretion in the court’s ruling, we affirm.
I. Background.
A. The allegations. On February 1, 1999, Vos and her parents, the Andersons, filed a class action against Farm Bureau. The plaintiffs alleged that from January 1, 1982 through at least December 31, 1996, Farm Bureau engaged in a pattern of…
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