Legal Opinion
Rerat Law Firm v. Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 16, 1985No. 84-1612PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGIVERIN, Justice.
Plaintiff Rerat Law Firm (hereafter Rer-at) brings this certiorari action to review defendant district court’s order directing Rerat to pay fees and a certain percentage of the costs of litigation arising out of a grain elevator explosion to The Peters Law Firm, P.C. (hereafter Peters). We sustain the writ of certiorari.
On April 20, 1982, there was a grain elevator explosion in Council Bluffs which resulted in five deaths, numerous personal injuries and property damage. Soon after the explosion, Peters was retained by some of the injured persons to file suit against Agri…
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