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Iowa Code § 611.20 (2026)

Actions survive

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All causes of action shall survive and may be brought notwithstanding the death of the person entitled or liable to the same. [C51, §2502; R60, §3467; C73, §2525; C97, §3443; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10957; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §611.20] Referred to in §611.22\n\nTue Dec 09 21:59:37 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 611 (23, 0) §611.21, ACTIONS 4

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 83 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1947–2026 · leading case: Dunn v. Rose Way, Inc., 333 N.W.2d 830 (Iowa 1983).
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Dunn v. Rose Way, Inc., 333 N.W.2d 830 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 60× “They seek recovery under Iowa Code § 611.20 . Counts VI, XVII, and XVIII were brought by plaintiff as the surviving parent of the unborn child under Iowa R.”
In the Matter of the Est. of Johnny VAJGRT, Deceased, Bill Ernst, Inc., Intervenor-Appellant, 801 N.W.2d 570 (Iowa 2011). · cites it 16× “” Iowa Code § 611.20 . Ernst argues that this provision “would logically lean toward the allowance of [punitive] damages” even after the death of the tortfeasor.”
Maghee v. State, 773 N.W.2d 228 (Iowa 2009). · cites it 12× “” Iowa Code § 611.20 (2005). *232 The 1851 Code also addressed the abatement of suits already filed: “Actions do not abate by the death, marriage, or other disability of either party .”
Madison v. Colby, 348 N.W.2d 202 (Iowa 1984). · cites it 8× “2d 372, 374 (Iowa 1979), that amendment merely provides how the deceased person's enlarged right of recovery under the survival statute (Iowa Code section 611.20) for those elements of damage shall be distributed by the personal representative in the event they are recovered by…”
State v. Izzolena, 609 N.W.2d 541 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 8× “See Iowa Code § 611.20 . Although brief and general, section 611.”
McKillip v. Zimmerman, 191 N.W.2d 706 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 14× “The lower court found that under Code section 611.20 wherein a cause of action survives the injured party’s death there must be a live birth before there could be a death.”
Wardlow v. City of Keokuk, 190 N.W.2d 439 (Iowa 1971). · cites it 12× “In Iowa damages recoverable for the death of another are engendered by section 611.20, The Code, (survival statute) and rule 8, R.”
In Re the Marriage of Witten, 672 N.W.2d 768 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 4× “2d at 270 (interpreting Iowa Code section 611.20); McKillip, 191 N.W.2d at 708 (same).”
Heimlicher v. Steele, 615 F. Supp. 2d 884 (N.D. Iowa 2009). · cites it 6× “” Iowa Code § 611.20 . 19 . "A parent, or the parents, may sue for the expense and actual loss of services, companionship and society resulting from injury to or death of a minor child.”
Mary E. Roth & Michael A. Roth, Individually & as Coexecutors of the Est. of Cletus Roth, Anna M. Roth, Individually, & Bradley E. Roth, Individually v. the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Soc'y D/B/A Good Samaritan Soc'y - George, 886 N.W.2d 601 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 611.20 (2015). Furthermore, “Code §§ 611.”
State of Iowa v. Daimonay Darice Richardson, 890 N.W.2d 609 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code §§ 611.20 -.22; id. §§ 613.15-.”
Wendelin v. Russell, 147 N.W.2d 188 (Iowa 1966). · cites it 8× “” Other relevant legislative enactments, contained in chapter 611, Code, 1962, state as follows: Section 611.20: “All causes of action shall survive and may *1156 be brought notwithstanding the death of the person entitled or liable to the same.”
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