Legal Opinion
Svendsen v. Questor Corp.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 15, 1981No. 65155PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLBEE, Justice.
Plaintiff appeals from trial court’s ruling quashing service of process on defendants for want of personal jurisdiction. In sustaining defendants’ special appearance, trial court concluded that “to permit the plaintiff to continue this suit against these defendants would be in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” We determine, however, that the ruling must be reversed.
On January 1, 1978, plaintiff Cheryl Kay Svendsen was allegedly injured when a pool table collapsed and fell on her foot. The mishap occurred at a bowling alley in Harlan, Iowa.…
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