BERKLEY INTERN. CO., LTD. v. Devine

SCHULTZ, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether a district court ruling denying a joint application to continue an action beyond the automatic dismissal date of Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 215.1 (dismissal for want of prosecution) precludes the granting of an application to reinstate the dismissed action. In ruling on defendant’s motion to reinstate his counterclaims under the rule, the district court reinstated the entire action including plaintiffs’ claims even though plaintiffs had not made a timely request for reinstatement. Because we hold that the doctrine of issue…