North River Insurance Co. v. Iowa Division of Insurance

SNELL, Justice.

The appellant challenges a district court ruling that dismissed its petition for judicial review of agency action. The district court dismissed the petition because the appellant sought judicial review of an administrative law judge’s ruling without first appealing that ruling to the agency director. The appellant argues that no statute or agency rule expressly or impliedly required it to appeal the administrative law judge’s decision to the agency director as a precondition to filing its petition for judicial review. The appellant also argues that, in any case, an appeal to…