· 1/23/1991
Schulte v. Wageman
Citations
- 465 N.W.2d 285
- 1991 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 6
- 1991 WL 5841
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- recognizing the burdens of defending a claim after memories have faded, witnesses have died or disappeared, and evidence is lost
- recognizing the burdens of defending a claim after memories have faded, witnesses have died or disappeared, and evidence is lost
- stating that a statute of limitation “ ‘is a statute of repose’ ” (citation omitted)
- observing that statutes of limitations are “practical and pragmatic devices used to spare our courts from the added burden from the litigation of stale claims”
- recognizing the burdens of defending a claim after memories have faded, witnesses have died or disappeared, and evidence is lost
- statutes of limitations do not destroy the cause of action, only the remedy
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Judges: Harris, Schultz, Lavorato, Neuman, Snell
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