RICHARDS v. ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY CO.

No. 04-0644.

699 N.W.2d 676 (2005)

Lorraine RICHARDS and Ward Richards, Appellants, v. ANDERSON ERICKSON DAIRY CO., Gary Link, Kellie Barney and Mary Barney, Appellees. Anderson Erickson Dairy Co. and Gary Link, Appellees, v. Estate of Sarah Dahlke, Connie Dahlke, Rodney Naber, Charles Funke, Henry Brunsman, Lavern Willenborg, Brian Buhrow and Janet Buhrow, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. McManus of Glasson, Sole, McManus & Pearson, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellants.

Richard S. Fry and Heather L. Fleming of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees Anderson Erickson and Link.

Scott E. McLeod and Todd Slagter of Lynch Dallas, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees Dahlke.

Natalie Burris of Swisher & Cohrt, P.L.C., Waterloo, for appellees Naber and Funke.

Matthew Petrzelka of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, for appellees Barney.

James P. Craig of Moyer & Bergman, P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees Brunsman and Willenborg.


STREIT, Justice.

Iowa City must be a special place. The plaintiffs in this personal-injury action filed suit in Johnson County, notwithstanding the fact that it hardly had any connection to the case. The district court granted the defendants' motion for a change of venue. The plaintiffs lost their trial and now appeal the venue change. Because we agree venue was not proper in Johnson County, we affirm.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings

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