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JACK v. P AND A FARMS, LTD.

No. 11-0877.

822 N.W.2d 511 (2012)

Leonard JACK, Appellant, v. P AND A FARMS, LTD., d/b/a Crooked Creek Shooting Preserve, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 2, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Weston II of Tom Riley Law Firm, Iowa City, for appellant.

Heather L. Carlson of McDonald, Woodward & Carlson, P.C., Davenport, for appellee.

ZAGER, Justice.

In this case we are called on to decide whether a trial court's entry of a default judgment under Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.971(3) is justified when a party fails to appear personally for trial but the party's attorney is present and able to proceed in the client's absence. The court of appeals affirmed the district court's entry of a default judgment due to the plaintiff's failure to appear personally at the time of his scheduled trial. We granted...

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