STEINKE v. KURZAK

No. 10-1251.

803 N.W.2d 662 (2011)

Jeffrey STEINKE, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. John F. KURZAK, John P. Perdue, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and The Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

July 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Rhinehart of Rhinehart Law, P.C., Sioux City, and Patrick J. Hopkins of Hopkins Law Office, P.L.C., for appellant.

James W. Redmond and Rosalynd J. Koob of Heidman Law Firm, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellee Kurzak.

Paul W. Deck, Jr. of Deck & Deck, L.L.P., Sioux City, for appellee Perdue.

Michael W. Ellwanger of Rawlings, Nieland, Killinger , Ellwanger , Jacobs , Mohrhauser & Nelson, L.L.P., for appellee diocese.

Considered by EISENHAUER, P.J., and POTTERFIELD and TABOR, JJ.


TABOR, J.

Jeffrey Steinke challenges the district court's grant of summary judgment to the Diocese of Sioux City in his lawsuit alleging he was sexually abused by John Kurzak, a Roman Catholic priest, and John Perdue, a former priest. Kurzak and Perdue cross-appeal from the district court's denial of summary judgment on their claim that Steinke's suit is barred by the two-year statute of limitations at Iowa Code section 614.1(2) (2009).

Steinke commenced his...

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