COSTER v. CROOKHAM

No. 89-1075.

468 N.W.2d 802 (1991)

John COSTER, Eleanor Coster, Individually; Eleanor Coster, as Conservator of Johnathan Coster, a Minor; and David Coster, Appellants, v. Joe P. CROOKHAM, Myron Gordin, Iowa Trust & Savings Bank, and First National Bank of Muscatine, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Riley and Peter C. Riley of the Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Robert G. Allbee and Edward W. Remsburg of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiller, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, Des Moines, for appellees Joe P. Crookham and Myron Gordin.

Kenneth L. Keith and Lloyd E. Keith of Keith, Orsborn, Bauerle, Milani & Neary, Ottumwa, for appellee Iowa Trust & Sav. Bank.

David J. Meloy and Patrick W. Driscoll of Stanley, Rehling, Lande & Van Der Kamp, Muscatine, for appellee First Nat. Bank of Muscatine.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

This is an action for civil damages brought by income and remainder beneficiaries of an inter vivos trust. Defendants are the trustee, the trustee's investment partner, the lender of a company in which the trustee and partner invested, and a bank which served the trust. A jury allowed recovery on many, though not all, of plaintiffs' several theories of liability. This appeal and cross-appeal present a wide variety of related questions. We cannot resolve...

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