RUCKER v. TAYLOR

No. 11-1394.

828 N.W.2d 595 (2013)

Sharece RUCKER, Appellee, v. Mike TAYLOR and Sherie Taylor, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied April 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah M. Kouri of the Law Office of Scott J. Idelman, Des Moines, for appellants.

Hugh M. Field and Kate B. Mitchell of Beecher, Field, Walker, Morris, Hoffman & Johnson, P.C. Waterloo, for appellee.


CADY, Chief Justice.

In this interlocutory review, we must decide if good cause existed to excuse untimely service of process when the plaintiff, who failed to negotiate an enforceable agreement with the defendant's insurance representative to delay service, took no action to institute service of process of a lawsuit on the defendant within the time period required by Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.302(5). The district court held good cause existed and denied defendant...

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