Title XV, JUDICIAL BRANCH AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURES (Ch. 595 - 686D)

1. In any civil action involving the operation of a commercial motor vehicle requiring a commercial driver’s license, there shall not be civil liability for damages for an employer’s negligent hiring of an employee if all of the following apply: a. The employer complies with subs…

Interest shall be allowed on all money due on judgments and decrees on actions brought pursuant to this chapter , subject to the following: 1. Interest, except interest awarded for future damages, shall accrue from the date of the commencement of the action. 2. If the interest ra…

1. In an action brought pursuant to this chapter seeking damages for personal injury, the court shall permit evidence and argument as to the previous payment or future right of payment of actual economic losses incurred or to be incurred as a result of the personal injury for nec…

1. In an action brought to recover damages for personal injury, the damages that may be recovered by a claimant for the reasonable and necessary cost or value of medical care rendered shall not exceed the sum of the amounts actually paid by or on behalf of the injured person to t…

1. In a civil action alleging conduct which constitutes sexual abuse, as defined in section 709.1 , sexual assault, or sexual harassment, a party seeking discovery of information concerning the plaintiff’s sexual conduct with persons other than the person who committed the allege…

1. As used in this section : a. “Commercial motor vehicle” means as defined in section 321.1, subsection 11 , paragraph “f” , subparagraphs (1), (2), and (4), and also includes a glider kit vehicle as defined in section 321.1, subsection 28A ; a road tractor as defined in section…

Applicability of this chapter . This chapter does not apply to Article 3 or 4 of chapter 554 . 94 Acts, ch 1167, §119, 122

As used in this chapter , unless otherwise required, “party” means any of the following: 1. A claimant. 2. A person named as defendant. 3. A person who has been released pursuant to section 668.7 . 4. A third-party defendant. 84 Acts, ch 1293, §2 Referred to in §516A.5 , 668.5…

1. a. Contributory fault shall not bar recovery in an action by a claimant to recover damages for fault resulting in death or in injury to person or property unless the claimant bears a greater percentage of fault than the combined percentage of fault attributed to the defendants…

In actions brought under this chapter , the rule of joint and several liability shall not apply to defendants who are found to bear less than fifty percent of the total fault assigned to all parties. However, a defendant found to bear fifty percent or more of fault shall only be …

1. A right of contribution exists between or among two or more persons who are liable upon the same indivisible claim for the same injury, death, or harm, whether or not judgment has been recovered against all or any of them. It may be enforced either in the original action or by…

1. If the percentages of fault of each of the parties to a claim for contribution have been established previously by the court as provided in section 668.3 , a party paying more than the party’s percentage share of damages may recover judgment for contribution upon motion to the…

A release, covenant not to sue, or similar agreement entered into by a claimant and a person liable discharges that person from all liability for contribution, but it does not discharge any other persons liable upon the same claim unless it so provides. However, the claim of the …

The filing of a petition under this chapter tolls the statute of limitations for the commencement of an action against all parties who may be assessed any percentage of fault under this chapter . 84 Acts, ch 1293, §8 Referred to in §516A.5

It shall be an unfair trade practice, as defined in chapter 507B , if an insurer assigns a percentage of fault to a claimant, for the purpose of reducing a settlement, when there exists no reasonable evidence upon which the assigned percentage of fault could be based. The prohibi…