Gold Crown Properties, Inc. v. Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff Gold Crown Properties, Inc., defendant in an underlying tort action, filed a motion for a formal order dismissing that action pursuant to Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 215.1. When the district court overruled its motion, Gold Crown brought a certiorari action in this court. We transferred the proceeding to the court of appeals, which rejected Gold Crown’s certiorari challenge. We granted further review and now affirm the court of appeals.

April 28, 1981, a single female, D.R.R., filed the underlying action against Gold Crown and three other defendants for…