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· 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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