GRANDSTAFF v. HINER EQUIPMENT, L.L.C.

No. 4:13-CV-00390-JEG.

56 F.Supp.3d 1003 (2014)

Michele L. GRANDSTAFF, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Daniel J. Walsh, Deceased, and Winona K. (Walsh) McGraw, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. HINER EQUIPMENT, L.L.C., a/k/a Hiner Transport, L.L.C., a/k/a Hiner Transport, Inc., a/k/a Hiner Logistics, L.L.C., a Corporation; The Trailer Source, Inc., a Corporation; Herbert A. Terrell, an individual; Howe Freightways, Inc., a Corporation; Estate of James Langholf, by and through its Duly-Appointed Administrator Julie K. Langholf; Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company, a Corporation; and State Farm Insurance Companies a/k/a State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Defendants. Rick Inman and Diana Picken, Plaintiffs, v. Howe Freightways, Inc., Individually and through the acts or omissions of its Agent and/or Employee, James Langholf, deceased; Julie K. Langholf, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of James Langholf, Deceased, Individually and as an Agent and/or Employee of Howe Freightways, Inc.; Hiner Equipment, LLC, Individually and through the acts or omissions of its Agent and/or Employee, Herbert Terrell, Deceased; Hiner Transort, LLC a/k/a Hiner Transport, Inc., Individually, and through the acts or omissions of its Agent and/or Employee, Herbert Terrell, Deceased; Hiner Logistics, LLC, Individually, and through the acts or omissions of its Agent and/or Employee, Herbert Terrell, Deceased; and The Trailer Source, Inc., Individually, and through the acts or omissions of its Agent and/or Employee, Herbert Terrell, Deceased, Defendants. Howe Freightways, Inc. and James Langholf, Deceased, by and through Julie Langholf, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of James Langholf, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Hanifen Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, Central Division.

Signed September 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Scott Bardole , James W. Bryan , Law Office of Daniel P. Hanson, West Des Moines, IA, Mark W. Thomas , Grefe & Sidney PLC, for Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company (Defendant).

Thomas M. Crawford , Philip F. Cuevas , Lauren M. Penn , Litchfield Cavo LLP, Hillary L. Weigle , Andrew C. Seiber , Smith Amundsen LLC, Tanya N. Petermann , Chicago, IL, Patrick L. Woodward , McDonald Woodward & Carlson PC, Davenport, IA, for Hiner Equipment, L.L.C. (Third Party Plaintiff).

Alan O. Olson , Olson Law Office PC, Robert G. Rehkemper , Gourley Rehkemper & Lindholm PLC, Des Moines, IA, for Michele L. Grandstaff (Plaintiff).

Benjamin Michael Weston , Lederer Weston Craig PLC, West Des Moines, IA, J. Michael Weston , Lederer Weston Craig PLC, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Estate of James F. Langholf (Cross Claimant).


ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction by Defendant The Trailer Source, Inc.1 (Trailer Source). Plaintiffs Michele L. Grandstaff, Winona K. (Walsh) McGraw, Rick Inman, and Diana Picken (collectively, Plaintiffs) resist...

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