ESTATE OF FIELDS BY FIELDS v. SHAW

No. 19-0985.

954 N.W.2d 451 (2020)

ESTATE OF Patrick FIELDS, BY its Administrator, Michelle FIELDS, Michelle Fields, Individually, K.F. by Her Next Friend, Michelle Fields, A.F. by Her Next Friend, Michelle Fields, Jerry Fields, Individually and Mary Jane Fields, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Troy SHAW; Michael Shaw and Sherry Shaw, Individually, and d/b/a Shaw Trucking and/or Shaw Farms; Landus Cooperative d/b/a Farmers Cooperative Company; and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Filed October 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda K. Wallrichs of Lederer Weston Craig PLC, Cedar Rapids, and Kent A. Gummert of Lederer Weston Craig PLC, Des Moines, for appellants.

Brian P. Galligan of Galligan Law, P.C., Des Moines, Janice M. Thomas of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, Greg C. Schaffer of Schaffer Law Firm, San Francisco, California, and Robert T. Simon , Travis E. Davis , and Evan A. Garcia of The Simon Law Group, Hermosa Beach, California, for appellees.

Heard by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Tabor and Schumacher, JJ.


Troy Shaw was hauling grain for the Landus Cooperative (Landus) when he crashed into a farm tractor driven by Patrick Fields, causing Fields's death. Fields's estate and family members1 sued Troy; Troy's employer, Michael Shaw and Shaw Trucking; and Landus. The...

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