SORENSEN v. SHAKLEE CORP.

No. 89-960.

461 N.W.2d 324 (1990)

Kristofer SORENSEN, a minor, By and Through his parents and next friends, Nord S. SORENSEN and Laura E. Dunbar; Katrina Sorensen, a minor, by and through her parents and next friends, Nord S. Sorensen and Laura E. Dunbar; and Nord S. Sorensen and Laura E. Dunbar, individually, Appellants, v. SHAKLEE CORPORATION a/k/a Shaklee Products, Inc., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Welsh of Welsh & Sibbernsen, Omaha, Neb., and Patrick Carr, Spencer, for appellants.

Dennis M. Gray and Scott J. Rogers of The Peters Law Firm, Council Bluffs, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


HARRIS, Justice.

May plaintiffs dismiss their tort suit without prejudice after defendant's motion for summary judgment has been submitted, but not yet ruled upon? The question turns on whether a summary judgment proceeding is a trial under Iowa rule of civil procedure 215. The trial court determined that it is and voided plaintiffs' attempt to dismiss their suit. We reverse.

Plaintiffs are parents of two severely retarded children. On behalf of the children...

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