Schreier v. Sonderleiter

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in a third-party action for contribution brought by one liquor licensee against another. At issue are fundamental questions concerning the applicability of Iowa’s dramshop law to an independent claim for contribution and the application of a verdict secured in accordance with principles of comparative fault to a judgment rendered and satisfied on the basis of joint and several liability. We affirm.

I. In December 1983, plaintiff Bruce Schreier brought an action against defendants Craig LaPour and Daniel Gruis for injuries Schreier…