Alden v. Iowa District Court Ex Rel. Delaware County

LARSON, Justice.

Verna Alden (Alden), executor of William Alden’s estate, and her attorneys were sanctioned by the district court, on the application of defendant Genie Industries, for voluntarily dismissing their wrongful death suit with the intent to refile it. Alden and her attorney challenged the sanctions through a certiorari action in this court, and Genie appealed on the ground that the court’s sanctions should have been more severe. 1 We sustain the writ of cer-tiorari and dismiss the appeal.

William Alden, the plaintiffs’ decedent, was killed when a manlift manufactured by Genie…