Legal Opinion
Life Investors Insurance Company of America v. Estate of John M. Corrado and Federal City Region, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 18, 2013No. 13–0102PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Justice.
A federal court certified two questions to this court pursuant to Iowa Code section 684A (2018). The questions certified are as follows:
1. If a party receives a copy of an executed contract with that party’s signature thereon, even where it is not known who applied the party’s signature to the contract or whether the signature was authorized, and the party (a) does not challenge the signature or otherwise object to the contract, and (b) accepts benefits and obligations under the contract for at least six years, then has the party ratified the contract and is the party,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Atlas Life Insurance v. W. I. Southern, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Bituminous Casualty Corp. v. Cowen Construction Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2002
- Anita Valley, Inc. v. BingleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
- Nichols v. City of EvansdaleSupreme Court of Iowa · 2004
- Abodeely v. CavrasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Gregory Baldwin v. City of Estherville, Iowa Matt Reineke, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the Estherville Police Department and Matt Hellickson, Individually and in His Official Capacity as an Officer of the Estherville Police DepartmentSupreme Court of Iowa · 2018
- Erin Dindinger, Lisa Loring, and Elizabeth Freund v. Allsteel, Inc. and Scott MillsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2015
- Mary E. Roth and Michael A. Roth, Individually and as Coexecutors of the Estate of Cletus Roth, Anna M. Roth, Individually, and Bradley E. Roth, Individually v. the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society D/B/A Good Samaritan Society - GeorgeSupreme Court of Iowa · 2016
- Gregory Baldwin v. City of Estherville, IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2019
- Life Investors Insurance Co. of America v. CorradoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
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