BOOK v. DOUBLESTAR DONGFENG TYRE CO., LTD.

No. 13-1793.

860 N.W.2d 576 (2015)

Dylan BOOK and Karen Book, Appellants, v. Voma Tire Corporation, Hunter Engineering Company, Iowa Tire, Inc., Holt Sales and Service, Inc., SICE, S.p.A. and SICE Automotive Equipment Societa Italiana Costruzioni Elettromeccaniche S.I.C.E.-S.p.A., Defendants, and DOUBLESTAR DONGFENG TYRE COMPANY, LTD., Appellee. Voma Tire Corporation, Hunter Engineering Company and Iowa Tire, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Jim Book, Individually and Jim Book d/b/a Alley Auto Sales, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Ray Chamberlin and James Bruce McMath of McMath Woods P.A., Little Rock, Arkansas, and Robert A. Nading II of Nading Law Firm, Ankeny, for appellants.

Kevin M. Reynolds of Whitfield & Eddy P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellee.


In this appeal, we must confront unsettled federal precedent to decide whether a Chinese tire manufacturer that sold thousands of tires in Iowa through an American distributor may be compelled to defend a lawsuit here consistent with the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution. The tire exploded as an Iowan was airing...

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