Leonard Jack v. P and A Farms, LTD., D/B/A Crooked Creek Shooting Preserve

ZAGER, Justice.

In this case we are called on to decide whether a trial court’s entry of a default judgment under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.971(3) is justified when a party fails to appear personally for trial but the party’s attorney is present and able to proceed in the client’s absence. The court of appeals affirmed the district court’s entry of a default judgment due to the plaintiffs failure to appear personally at the time of his scheduled trial. We granted further review. We now vacate the opinion of the court of appeals, reverse the judgment of the district court, and remand for…