Embassy Tower Care, Inc. v. Tweedy

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant Imogene Tweedy from a default judgment entered against her for care and services provided by plaintiff Embassy Tower Care Center (Embassy). The principal issue on appeal is whether a claim of “newly-discovered” evidence under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 252(f) may be relied upon to set aside a default judgment. The district court denied Tweedy’s petition to vacate on this and other grounds urged, modifying the judgment downward after adjusting for additional services and credits. We affirm.

Imogene Tweedy is a seventy-five-year-old woman who has…