DUNN v. ROSE WAY, INC.

No. 68019.

333 N.W.2d 830 (1983)

Michael E. DUNN, Administrator of the Estate of Donna Lynn Dunn; Michael E. Dunn, Administrator of the Estate of Emily Raye Dunn; Michael E. Dunn, Administrator of the Estate of Infant Dunn; and Michael E. Dunn, Individually, Appellants, v. ROSE WAY, INC.; John Gaylard Smith; Ford Motor Company; Ila R. Plasencia and Jean M. Davis, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore T. Duffield and Jeffrey A. Boehlert, of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish & Becker, Des Moines, for appellants.

Larry Seckington and Eric F. Turner of Herrick, Langdon & Langdon, Des Moines, for appellees Rose Way, Inc. and Smith.

H. Richard Smith and Randall H. Stefani of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, for appellee Ford Motor Co.

Considered en banc.


HARRIS, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal from a trial court ruling which on defendants' motion dismissed six counts of a tort suit petition. Plaintiff-father brought the suit as a result of a traffic accident that killed his wife, his two-year-old daughter, and his unborn but viable child. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand.

At the time of the accident Donna Dunn, who was seven and a half months pregnant, was traveling with her two-year...

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