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Subject: Dram shop — notice deadline?
What's the written-notice deadline for an Iowa dram shop claim, and what happens if my client missed it?
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Subject: Dram shop — notice deadline?
What's the written-notice deadline for an Iowa dram shop claim, and what happens if my client missed it?
From: Hudson Corpus <[email protected]>
Re: Dram shop — notice deadline?
Under Iowa Code § 123.93, the injured person must give the licensee or permittee (or their insurance carrier) written notice of the intention to bring the action within six months of the occurrence of the injury, "indicating the time, place and circumstances causing the injury."
The six-month period is extended only for the reasons the statute lists — incapacity, or inability through reasonable diligence to identify the responsible licensee. Where no timely notice was given and no extension applied, the claim was barred — see Berte v. Bode, 692 N.W.2d 368 (Iowa 2005)…
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