Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-10-21 15:03:07.755966+00
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA

                                                             No. 21–0859

                                              Pottawattamie County No. LACV121204

                                                                ORDER
CLERK OF SUPREME COURT

                         REED DICKEY, MICHAEL DICKEY, and ANDREA DICKEY,

                               Appellants,

                         vs.

                         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.

                               The court, McDermott, J., taking no part, being evenly divided, declares
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                         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
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                         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.”).

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                                               State of Iowa Courts
Case Number                     Case Title
21-0859                         Dickey v. Hoff
                                                          So Ordered

Electronically signed on 2022-10-21 08:15:00

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