BENSKIN, INC. v. WEST BANK

No. 18-1966.

952 N.W.2d 292 (2020)

BENSKIN, INC., Appellant, v. WEST BANK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 23, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. DeVolder (argued) of DeVolder Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Norwalk, and William W. Graham of Duncan Green, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Dennis P. Ogden (argued) and Thomas L. Flynn of Brick Gentry, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellee.


Motions to dismiss are disfavored. Iowa is a notice pleading state. Lawyers should exercise "professional patience" and challenge vulnerable cases by summary judgment or at trial instead of through "premature attacks on litigation by motions to dismiss." Cutler v. Klass, Whicher & Mishne, 473 N.W.2d...

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