Opinion ID: 1590463
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Heading: Did the district court err in failing to grant Bantz's motion for summary judgment?

Text: A ruling sustaining a motion for summary judgment, which disposes of the entire case, is a final judgment for purposes of appeal, while an order overruling a motion for summary judgment is interlocutory. Swets Motor Sales, Inc. v. Pruisner, 236 N.W.2d 299, 302 (Iowa 1975). After a full trial on the merits, a previous order denying a motion for summary judgment is no longer appealable or reviewable. See Klooster v. N. Iowa State Bank, 404 N.W.2d 564, 567 (Iowa 1987). At this point in the proceedings, the denial of the motion for summary judgment merges with the trial on the merits where the trier of fact reviewed the exhibits and listened to the testimony of the witnesses. We, therefore, decline to consider the assignments of error relating to the denial of the motion for summary judgment and consider only those claims in connection with the other issues raised by Bantz on appeal.