Dexter Financial Services, Inc. v. Platt Laundromat LLC, Fakhreddin Bilbeisi, Naheel Bilbeisi, Ann Arbor Driving School Inc. and Platt Road Center LLC ( 2019 )

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 18-1740
Filed July 24, 2019
DEXTER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
vs.
PLATT LAUNDROMAT LLC, FAKHREDDIN BILBEISI, NAHEEL BILBEISI, ANN
ARBOR DRIVING SCHOOL INC., and PLATT ROAD CENTER LLC,
Defendants-Appellants.
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Paul D. Miller, Judge.
Appellants challenge an adverse summary-judgment ruling. AFFIRMED.
Joey T. Hoover of Hoover Law Firm P.L.L.C., Epworth, for appellants.
Joseph E. Schmall of Bradley & Riley PC, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.
Considered by Mullins, P.J., Bower, J., and Vogel, S.J.*
*Senior judge assigned by order pursuant to Iowa Code section 602.9206 (2019).
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MULLINS, Presiding Judge.
Platt Laundromat, LLC, executed and delivered to Dexter Financial
Services, Inc., a promissory note and purchase money security agreement for the
purchase of commercial laundry equipment. The other named defendants were
guarantors on the note. Platt defaulted by failing to make the required payments
under the note, and Dexter sued Platt and the guarantors (hereinafter collectively
referred to as “Platt”). Platt counterclaimed, alleging fraudulent misrepresentation
by an agent, Michael Kline. After discovery, Dexter filed a motion for summary
judgment. Platt resisted, alleging Kline was an agent of Dexter and he made
fraudulent misrepresentations. The district court granted the motion, and Platt
appeals.
On appeal, Platt argues the same grounds alleged in its counterclaim and
resistance to the motion for summary judgment. We review a ruling on a motion
for summary judgment for correction of errors at law. Albaugh v. The Reserve,
___ N.W.2d ___, ___, 2019 WL _______, at *__ (Iowa 2019); Hedlund v. State,
___ N.W.2d ___, ___, 2019 WL _______, at *__ (Iowa 2019).
The well-written ruling by the district court addressed the same issues
presented on appeal, reviewed the salient facts, recited the applicable law,
analyzed each issue separately, and we approve of the reasons and conclusions
in the ruling. Further, the issues involve only the application of well-settled rules
of law, disposition is clearly controlled by prior published holdings, and a full
opinion would not augment or clarify existing case law. Accordingly, we affirm by
memorandum opinion pursuant to Iowa Court Rule 21.26(1)(a), (c), (d), and (e).
AFFIRMED.