VOS v. FARM BUREAU LIFE INS. CO.

No. 01-1025.

667 N.W.2d 36 (2003)

Cherri Lea VOS, Rita C. Anderson and Quentin V. Anderson, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and FBL Financial Group, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

July 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc A. Humphrey of Humphrey Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, Angela M. Trombly of Law Offices of Angela M. Trombly, East Longmeadow, Mass., Richard A. Lockridge and Katheryn A. Andresen of Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, Minn., William R. Weinstein, Richard Bemporad, and Vincent Briganti of Lowey, Dannenberg, Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., White Plains, N.Y., and Julian K. Melmed of Law Offices of Julian K. Melmed, Stamford, Conn., for appellants.

CeCelia Ibson Wagner and Janean A. Schaefer Denhart of Smith, Schneider, Stiles & Serangeli, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.


LAVORATO, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs, Cherri Lea Vos, Rita C. Anderson, and Quentin V. Anderson, appeal a district court ruling decertifying their class action against Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and FBL Financial Group, Inc. (collectively "Farm Bureau"). Because we find no abuse of discretion in the court's ruling, we affirm.

I. Background.

A. The allegations. On February 1, 1999, Vos and her parents, the Andersons...

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