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HUGHES v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO.

No. 94-2054.

545 N.W.2d 318 (1996)

Ginger HUGHES, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of John R. Hughes, a minor, Matthew J. Hughes, a minor, and Brian A. Hughes, a minor, Appellants, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Gray and Jon E. Heisterkamp and Matthew G. Woods of the Peters Law Firm, P.C., Council Bluffs, for appellants.

Dean J. Sitzmann and Jeanelle R. Robson of Knudsen, Berkheimer, Richardson & Endacott, Lincoln, Nebraska, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, NEUMAN, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

After an offer to confess judgment was accepted by the plaintiffs, the court conducted a hearing to determine the entitlement of interest and court costs. The court denied prejudgment interest and refused to allow the recovery of deposition costs incurred but not filed with the clerk prior to the filing of the offer to confess judgment. The plaintiffs appeal from the court's ruling. We affirm.

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