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171925P.pdf   08/07/2018  Jeffery Oppedahl  v.  Mobile Drill International Inc
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1925
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Melloy and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Products liability. Even if the Iowa Supreme Court would 
   adopt a "refurbishment" exception to the Iowa Statute of Repose, 
   plaintiff's claim against Mobile Drill, the original manufacturer of the 
   auger, would still fail as the refurbishment was performed by plaintiff's 
   employer and not by Mobile; plaintiff's claim that Mobile Drilling had the 
   requisite knowledge to support a negligent entrustment claim is not 
   supported by the record, as Mobile Drilling did not have knowledge that 
   plaintiff's employer would use the auger in a manner involving 
   unreasonable risk of physical harm and had no reason to foresee that the 
   employer would use the auger in an unsafe way.