Baldwin v. City of Waterloo

LARSON, Justice.

These interlocutory appeals present three issues: (1) whether a cross-petition against this estate is a “claim” required by Iowa Code section 633.410 to be filed within six months and, if so, whether “peculiar circumstances” existed so as to excuse a late filing; (2) whether Iowa Code section 668.4, limiting joint and several liability in certain circumstances, applied in this case; and (3) whether the alleged negligence of unidentified tortfeasors, nonparties in this action, could be considered in assessing the percentage of fault to respective parties. We conclude that the…