HENSE v. G.D. SEARLE & CO.

No. 88-1429.

452 N.W.2d 440 (1990)

Cynthia Sue HENSE, Appellant, v. G.D. SEARLE & CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Reilly of the Thomas J. Reilly Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Ross H. Sidney and Donna L. Paulsen of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, and Charles Q. Socha and Mary A. Malatesta of Tilly & Graves, Denver, Colo., for appellee.

Considered en banc.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal and cross-appeal arise out of a products liability action brought against the manufacturer of an intrauterine contraception device. The controversy centers on the parties' dispute over the method by which plaintiff should conduct discovery of the corporate defendant's 750,000 product-related documents. The wrangling has resulted in six continuances of trial over the six-year life of the litigation.

When plaintiff's request for...

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