Supreme Court of Iowa May 8, 2002, 99-1937 (Kettells v. Assurance Co. of America)

LARSON, Justice.

Rick and Stephanie Kettells sued their underinsured motorist insurance carrier and obtained a judgment against it. The plaintiffs collected on the judgment and then filed posttrial motions under Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure 244 (new trial) and 252 (vacation or modification of judgment). (These rules have recently been renumbered 1.1004 and 1.1012, respectively.