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AHLS v. SHERWOOD/DIVISION OF HARSCO CORP.

No. 89-1826.

473 N.W.2d 619 (1991)

Betty A. AHLS and Henry L. Ahls, Plaintiffs, v. SHERWOOD/DIVISION OF HARSCO CORPORATION; and Vacationland, Inc. a/k/a and d/b/a A-1 Vacationland and Cue and Cushion Sales, Inc., Defendants. VACATIONLAND, INC. a/k/a and d/b/a A-1 Vacationland and Cue and Cushion Sales, Inc., Appellants, v. OPTIMUS, INCORPORATED a/k/a and d/b/a Optimus International, Optimus Thermostatique, Appellees, and Buck Stove Northwest, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Lindeman and John A. Stitely of Lindeman & Yagla, Waterloo, for appellant.

John Werner and Daniel J. Hanson of Grefe & Sidney, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

Betty and Henry Ahls (Ahls) sued Vacationland, Inc., and Optimus, Inc., the seller and a component importer, respectively, of a heater which exploded in the Ahls home. Optimus, a nonresident corporation, was dismissed, in an order of December 23, 1987, on the ground that a lack of sufficient contact with Iowa deprived the Iowa court of personal jurisdiction. Optimus, however, was brought back into the suit...

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