Mary M. RIEFF, Individually and on Behalf of a Class of Policyholders of Allied Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant,
v.
John E. EVANS, Douglas L. Anderson, Harold S. Evans, Jamie H. Shaffer, James W. Callison, James M. Hoak, Jr., Mark W. Putney, George E. Moore, William J. Hancock, James D. Kirkpatrick, Charles I. Colby, Herschel G. Langdon, Charles F. Morgan, Hardy G. Kuykendall, Walter J. Fayle, and Allied Group, Inc., Appellees,
Allied Mutual Insurance Company, Nominal Defendant-Appellee,
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee.
Supreme Court of Iowa.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 31, 2001.
As Amended on Denial of Rehearing July 3, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas D. Waterman, Robert A. Van Vooren, Terry M. Giebelstein, and Jed E. Brokaw of Lane & Waterman, Davenport, Brad J. Brady, Robert J. O'Shea, and Matthew L. Preston of Brady & O'Shea, P.C., Cedar Rapids, Jason B. Adkins and David L. Kelston of Adkins & Kelston, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, and Daniel E. Bacine and Leslie Molder of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant.
David L. Brown and John A. McClintock of Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, and Bruce W. Foudree, Michael R. Hassan, Sarah M. Weil, and John F. Kloecker of Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for appellees-directors of Allied Mutual Insurance Company.
Glenn L. Smith of Finley, Alt, Smith, Scharnberg, Craig, Hilmes & Gaffney, P.C., Des Moines, and J. William Koegel, Jr. of Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for appellee-Allied Group, Inc.
Douglas E. Gross and Harold N. Schneebeck of Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville, and Schoenebaum, P.L.C., Des Moines, and Michael A. Reiter, Frederick R. Ball, and Raquel daFonseca of Duane, Morris & Heckscher, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for appellee-Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
Tom Riley and Hugh G. Albrecht of Tom Riley Law Firm, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, and Theresa Amato of Citizen Advocacy Center, Elmhurst, IL, amicus curiae for Public Citizen, the Citizen Advocacy Center, the Coalition for Consumer Rights, and the Consumer Federation of America.
Bruce L. Braley of Dutton, Braun, Staack & Hellman, P.L.C., Waterloo, amicus curiae for the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.
John M. (Jack) Manders of Drake University, amicus curiae as a professor.
Fred M. Haskins of Patterson Law Firm, Des Moines, amicus curiae for the Iowa Insurance Institute.
A. John Frey, Jr. of Frey, Haufe & Current, P.L.C., Clinton, amicus curiae for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.
Russell L. Samson of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, amicus curiae for the Iowa Association of Business and Industry.
Considered en banc.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
SNELL, Justice.
A group of policyholders, represented by Mary M. Rieff, appeal the dismissal of their lawsuit against two insurance companies and numerous individual defendants who were or are directors of Allied Mutual Insurance Company (Mutual). The defendants also include Allied Group, Incorporated (Group). Mutual is a nominal defendant and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Nationwide) is an intervenor defendant....
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