Published opinions from 1987. The case name opens the case page.
November 25, 19871987 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1336
The court reversed the juvenile court’s refusal to terminate the mother’s parental rights, concluding that clear and convincing evidence showed the children could not be returned to her custody within the relevant statutory period.
June 17, 19871987 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1200
The court held that Iowa's comparative fault statute applied to this action because it was tried after July 1, 1984, eliminating the prior pro tanto settlement-credit rule. Under the statutory scheme, the settling defendant's payment did not reduce the nonsettling defendant's percentage share of the damages, and the…
The court held that the relatedness rule applies to future-advances clauses in Article 9 security agreements. Because the loan evidenced by note eight was secured by real estate, did not refer to the prior security agreements, and differed materially from the other loans, it was not covered by the floating lien.