Supreme Court of Iowa March 16, 1977, 2-58416 (House v. Hendley & Whittemore Co.)

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal involves a question of the retrospectivity of our long-arm statute, § 617.3, Code 1975. We will speak of Hend-ley & Whittemore Company and Hendley-Beloit Corporation collectively as Hendley; Hendley-Beloit is the successor to Hendley & Whittemore and assumed its liabilities.