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VAN FOSSEN v. MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO.

No. 06-1691.

777 N.W.2d 689 (2009)

Roger VAN FOSSEN, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ann Van Fossen, Deceased, Appellant, v. MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY and Interstate Power and Light Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 13, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Jacobs of Rawlings, Nieland, Probasco, Killinger, Elwanger, Jacobs, Mohrhauser, Nelson & Early, L.L.P., Sioux City, and John Herrick and Benjamin D. Cunningham of Motley Rice, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, for appellant.

William R. Hughes, Jr., of Stuart, Tinley, Peters, Thorn, Hughes, Faust & Madsen, Council Bluffs, and Jason Kennedy and Adam Jagadich of Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, Illinois, for appellee MidAmerican Energy Company.

Leonard T. Strand and Kerry A. Finley of Simmons Perrine PLC, Cedar Rapids, for appellee Interstate Power and Light Company.

HECHT, Justice.

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