Suckow v. Boone State Bank & Trust, Co.

McGIVERIN, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal trial court’s dismissal of their petition as a sanction for failing to attend at their own depositions after being served with proper notice thereof. Iowa R.Civ.P. 134(d). The appeal raises two controlling issues: (1) whether plaintiffs properly moved to reconsider pursuant to Iowa R.Civ.P. 179(b), after the ruling imposing sanctions, and thus extended the time for filing their appeal; and (2) whether trial court properly found that plaintiffs willfully failed to appear for their depositions and, if so, whether it abused its discretion in dismissing…