Michael C. Ryan and Ryan Data Exchange, LTD. d/b/a Rydex, LTD. v. Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman, PLC
Court of Appeals of Iowa
1Opinion of the Court
VOGEL, Presiding Judge.
Michael C. Ryan and his business Ryan Data Exchange, Ltd. (collectively, "Ryan") appeal the district court's grant of partial summary judgment, which entered judgment on two paragraphs of their petition alleging negligence against Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman, PLC (Simmons). Ryan argues the district court erred in finding Simmons cannot be a proximate cause of Ryan's loss. We agree with the district court that Simmons's withdrawal as counsel left sufficient time for successor counsel to file a breach-of-contract claim and affirmative defenses, had such been deemed…
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