Van Meter v. Van Meter

LARSON, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, the only issue is whether the district court erred in refusing to dismiss a claim alleging intentional infliction of physical and emotional distress caused by the defendant’s “seduction” of the plaintiff’s former husband, in view of our decision in Fundermann v. Michelson, 304 N.W.2d 790 (Iowa 1981) (abolishing the claim of alienation of affections). We affirm.

Our “notice pleading” rule requires only a “short and plain statement of the claim”; it does not require pleading of facts. Iowa R.Civ.P. 69(a). In order to sustain a motion to dismiss for…