Opinion
21-0859
10-21-2022
REED DICKEY, MICHAEL DICKEY, and ANDREA DICKEY, Appellants, v. JEREMY HOFF, JENNIE EDMUNDSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, METHODIST JENNIE EDMUNDSON HOSPITAL, LOESS HILLS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, JEFF RUTLEDGE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LINCOLN a/k/a LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOL, and EMILY GORMAN, Appellees.
Dominic F. Pechota Trial Lawyers for Justice, P.C. Webb L. Wassmer Wassmer Law Office, PLC Jason W. Miller Brittany N. Salyars Patterson Law Firm, L.L.P. Anthony L. Osborn Gehling Osborn Law Firm, PLC Robert A. Mooney Mooney, Lenaghan, Westberg Dorn, LLC Joshua J. Schauer Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford, P.C., L.L.O.
Pottawattamie County No. LACV121204
Dominic F. Pechota Trial Lawyers for Justice, P.C.
Webb L. Wassmer Wassmer Law Office, PLC
Jason W. Miller Brittany N. Salyars Patterson Law Firm, L.L.P.
Anthony L. Osborn Gehling Osborn Law Firm, PLC
Robert A. Mooney Mooney, Lenaghan, Westberg Dorn, LLC
Joshua J. Schauer Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford, P.C., L.L.O.
Susan Larson Christensen, Chief Justice
The court, McDermott, J., taking no part, being evenly divided, declares this case affirmed by operation of law. See Iowa Code § 602.4107 (2022).
The district court's ruling on the statute of limitations required dismissal of the entire action. McDonald, Oxley, and May, JJ., would affirm the judgment of the district court on the statute of limitations; Christensen, C.J., and Waterman and Mansfield, JJ., would reverse the judgment of the district court on that issue. See State v. Effler, 769 N.W.2d 880, 884 (Iowa 2009) ("[W]hen the supreme court is equally divided . . ., the decision of the district court is affirmed by operation of law.").
So Ordered.