EZZONE v. RICCARDI

No. 93-855.

525 N.W.2d 388 (1994)

M. Harold EZZONE, Appellant, Patricia L. LaRosa, Intervenor-Appellant, v. Ronald RICCARDI a/k/a "Rick" Riccardi, Willis M. Hansen, Dennis B. Hansen, Precision of New Hampton, Inc., and State Bank of Lawler, Appellees. Patricia LaROSA, Appellant, v. Ronald RICCARDI a/k/a "Rick" Riccardi, Willis M. Hansen, Dennis B. Hansen, Precision of New Hampton, Inc., and State Bank of Lawler, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Order Denying Rehearing and Amending Opinion December 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Soldat, Algona, and Mary Jane White, Waukon, for appellant M. Harold Ezzone.

Donald G. Thompson, Melissa Weets Anderson, and David E. Mullin of Bradley & Riley, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for appellant Patricia L. LaRosa.

Andrew F. Van Der Maaten of Anderson, Wilmarth & Van Der Maaten, Decorah, and Mark McCormick and Margaret C. Callahan of Belin Harris Lamson McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and TERNUS, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Appeals are routinely controlled by our scope of review. This case, involving a surprising jury verdict, is a classic example. Plaintiffs, formerly husband and wife, recovered substantial verdicts following a disastrous manufacturing venture. Defendants, who consider themselves to be innocent financial backers, are convinced plaintiffs' financial wounds were either self-inflicted or caused by the employee they themselves selected. This employee, a...

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