Alvarez v. Meadow Lane Mall Ltd. Partnership

HARRIS, Justice.

This appeal challenges a trial court order dismissing a tort suit. It was dismissed as to one defendant because of the failure to provide a timely service of original notice. It was dismissed as to other defendants because it was not brought within the statute of limitations. We affirm.

Plaintiff Alicia Alvarez 1 claims to have been injured April 10, 1993, when she fell in a retail parking lot in Marshalltown, Iowa. The property was owned by Spatz Partnership and Meadow Lane Mall Limited Partnership, both of which were owned by individual defendants William and David Spatz.

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