FIRST AMERICAN BANK v. FOBIAN FARMS, INC.

No. 16-0624.

906 N.W.2d 736 (2018)

FIRST AMERICAN BANK and C.J. Land, L.L.C., Appellees, v. FOBIAN FARMS, INC.; Hoover Highway Business Park, Inc.; and Gateway, Ltd., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed January 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg A. Geerdes , Iowa City, for appellants.

Mark A. Roberts , Lynn W. Hartman , and Dawn M. Gibson of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman P.L.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellees.


In this case, we must determine whether the district court abused its discretion by awarding attorney fees and expenses of $145,427 as a sanction for frivolous court filings in violation of Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.413. The court of appeals affirmed the sanction award after the district court made more specific factual findings...

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