RIVERA v. WOODWARD RESOURCE CENTER

No. 11-1784.

830 N.W.2d 724 (2013)

Terri RIVERA, Appellant, v. WOODWARD RESOURCE CENTER and State of Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill M. Zwagerman and Bryan P. O'Neill of Newkirk Law Firm, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Deputy Attorney General, Barbara E.B. Galloway , and Meghan L. Gavin , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees.


CADY, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide if a plaintiff satisfied the statute of limitations under the Iowa Tort Claims Act (ITCA). Initially, the district court dismissed the plaintiff's first tort action against the State for failing to first exhaust administrative remedies under the Act. She subsequently filed a second action in district court within six months of the dismissal of the first action and more than two years from the time the action accrued...

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