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BROWN v. KASSOUF

No. 95-1596.

558 N.W.2d 161 (1997)

Helen B. BROWN, Appellant, and Jonetta Yenter, Plaintiff, v. Tony KASSOUF and Naim Kassouf, Defendants, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Todd Becker of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant.

Matthew J. Nagle of Lynch, Dallas, Smith & Harman, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

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

LAVORATO, Justice.

The district court ruled that a settling and a nonsettling plaintiff were bound by a jury's verdict that an alleged tortfeasor was not at fault. The plaintiffs' insurance carrier thereby avoided any obligation to pay underinsured motorist benefits to the plaintiffs. Only the settling plaintiff appealed. The appeal raises the following question: Was the settling plaintiff so connected in interest with the nonsettling plaintiff as to have had a full...

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