MEYERS v. KALLESTEAD

No. 90-1310.

476 N.W.2d 65 (1991)

Mary Lynn MEYERS; Donald F. Meyers, Executor of the Estate of Geraldine E. Meyers, Appellants, v. Betty KALLESTEAD d/b/a Bette Mom's Tavern, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. John Frey, Jr. of Jurgemeyer, Frey & Haufe, Clinton, for appellants.

Frank R. Fuhr of Klockau, McCarthy, Ellison & Marquis, P.C., Rock Island, Ill., for appellee.

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


ANDREASEN, Justice.

The issue in this dram shop tort action is whether the nonresident tavern owner has sufficient minimum contacts with Iowa to confer personal jurisdiction. The nonresident owner challenged the court's jurisdiction by filing a motion to dismiss. Iowa R.Civ.P. 104(a). The district court found the owner lacked minimum contacts with Iowa as required by Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 56.2 and granted the owner's motion to dismiss. We affirm.

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