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MET-COIL SYSTEMS v. COLUMBIA CAS. CO.

No. 93-1204.

524 N.W.2d 650 (1994)

MET-COIL SYSTEMS CORPORATION and The Lockformer Company, Appellants, v. COLUMBIA CASUALTY COMPANY, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, International Insurance Company, Pacific Employers Insurance Company, and Home Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Fry, Diane Kutzko and Douglas R. Oelschlaeger, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Stuart C. Levene, Ford Marrin Esposito Witmeyer & Gleser, New York City, and David J. Dutton, Dutton, Braun, Staack, Hellman & Iversen, Waterloo, for appellee Columbia Cas. Co.

Frank A. Comito, Terence L. McAtee and Kent A. Gummert, Frank A. Comito, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co.

Glenn L. Smith, Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, May & Craig, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Intern. Ins. Co.

Robert M. Jilek, Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, and Paul R. Koepff and Stephen V. Kovarik, O'Melveny and Myers, New York City, for appellee Pacific Employers Ins. Co.

Diane M. Stahle and William J. Koehn, Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Home Ins. Co.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, LAVORATO, and SNELL, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

This case raises issues regarding whether plaintiffs, Met-Coil Systems Corporation and the Lockformer Company, the insured, substantially complied with the notice provisions of several insurance policies issued to the insured at various times by defendant insurance companies. The district court granted defendant insurers' motions for summary judgment, ruling that the insurers were prejudiced as a matter of law due to the insured's failure...

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