Harris v. Clinton Corn Processing Co.

McCORMICK, Justice.

In this case we answer a question certified to us pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 684A (1983) by Chief Judge W.C. Stuart of the United States District Court, Southern District of Iowa. The question is as follows:

Is a wrongful death action brought in Iowa governed by Iowa Code § 614.1(2) or by Tenn.Code Ann. § 28-3-202, where:(1) the action would be time-barred under the Tennessee provision but not under the Iowa provision;(2) Iowa’s “borrowing statute,” Iowa Code § 614.7, is inapplicable; and(3) Tennessee substantive law governs the merits of the case?

We respond that in the…