Legal Opinion
Dennis v. Christianson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided March 18, 1992No. 90-1547PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.
Defendants Jill Christianson and Jan’s Vans filed motions to dismiss plaintiff Deborah Jean Dennis’ lawsuit. Defendants claimed they were entitled to dismissal, due to untimely service, because they were not served with original notices of the filing of Dennis’ petition until over two and one-half years after the petition was filed. See Iowa R.Civ.P. 104(a). The district court overruled defendants’ motions to dismiss, reasoning that Dennis had shown adequate justification for her failure to timely serve defendants. We reverse and remand with instructions that the…
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