Chris Lawry v. Pecan Plantation Owners Association, Inc. and Pecan Plantation Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

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• holding that the standard of review for denying a motion for a new trial on a discretionary ground is for an abuse of discretion
• noting party “clearly was able to investigate and refute” evidence notwithstanding a delay in including certain exhibits in an initial exhibit list
• “We review a district court's ruling on sufficiency of the evidence for correction of errors at law.”
• “If the motion [for new trial] is based on a discretionary ground such as misconduct it is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.” (citation omitted)
• “If the motion [for a new trial] is based on a discretionary ground such as misconduct it is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.” (alternation in original)
• “[A] district court should only grant a new trial if one of the grounds listed in [Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.1004] applies and the movant’s substantial rights were materially affected.”

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