Opinion ID: 1852214
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: The Statute-Of-Limitations Argument.

Text: The defendants contend that all of Grimm's claims are untimely under our two-year statute of limitations. Grimm relies on our saving statute, Iowa Code § 614.10, providing: If, after the commencement of an action, the plaintiff, for any cause except negligence in its prosecution, fails therein, and a new one is brought within six months thereafter, the second shall, for the purposes herein contemplated, be held a continuation of the first. (Emphasis added.) Grimm contends she was not negligent because she had a reasonable belief her suit in federal court (which was ultimately held to be untimely itself) was brought at a time when she reasonably believed the six-month statute of limitation on her LMRA claim did not begin to run until she learned from a lawyer that she had a cause of action. We cannot say as a matter of law on a motion to dismiss that Grimm was negligent in this respect.