Johnson v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that action for legal malpractice constitutes damage to property under section 616.18 rather than “personal action” under section 616.17
• confirming earlier case law that legal malpractice action is a personal action within meaning of section 616.17
• venue is proper where the defendant attorney resides or where the underlying suit was dismissed
• property is a term of broad meaning and “includes everything of value, tangible or intangible, capable of being the subject of individual right or ownership.”
• personal injury action is “property” within the meaning of Iowa Code section 616.18
• interpreting parallel “property” clause in section 616.18 broadly

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Williams v. Illinois State Scholarship Commission
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-10-18· cited 150×
• Tucker v. Fianson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-03-18· cited 39×
• Addison Insurance Co. v. Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, L.L.C.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-06-29· cited 21×
• McGuire v. Fitzsimmons
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-17· cited 19×
• Dolezal v. City of Cedar Rapids
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-11-24· cited 10×
• Tull v. Honda Research & Development, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-05-15· cited 8×
• Benton v. Slater
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2000-02-11· cited 6×
• Southern New York Railway, Inc. v. Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-03-17· cited 6×
• Crumrine v. NEG MICON USA, INC.
  N.D. Iowa· 2000-07-17· cited 6×
• Slattery v. Iowa District Court for Johnson County
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-06-14· cited 5×
• Cornell v. Wunschel
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-02-16· cited 4×
• Becker v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-11-22· cited 2×
• Addison Insurance Company Vs. Knight, Hoppe, Kurnik & Knight, L.L.C.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-06-29

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Doe v. Ray
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-03-16· cited 73×
• Jahnke Ex Rel. Jahnke v. Incorporated City of Des Moines
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1971-11-11· cited 60×
• Clark v. Figge
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1970-11-10· cited 51×
• Kelly v. Brewer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-02-18· cited 34×
• Minnesota Valley Canning Co. v. Rehnblom
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1951-10-16· cited 20×
• Goebel v. City of Cedar Rapids
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-06-28· cited 19×
• Clark v. Lucas County Board of Review
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1950-11-14· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. Turner v. City of Altoona
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-01-24· cited 2×