(Radio Iowa) – A judge has ruled in favor of a state senator who was sued over a car he bought his daughter. State Senator Adrian Dickey of Packwood was sued by his daughter, his ex-wife and her husband. They claimed Dickey had placed a lien on the car without his daughter’s knowledge and his daughter needed the insurance money to buy a new car because the Toyota Dickey bought her had been totaled. The judge has ruled there’s no evidence Dickey defrauded or cheated his way into being the lien holder and the nearly 24-thousand dollar insurance payout will go to him. Dickey says the decision clears his name and shows the lawsuit lacked merit.

The judge also ruled on a counter-suit in which Dickey accused his daughter, his ex-wife and her husband of trying to injure his reputation. Dickey sought 120-thousand dollars in damages. The judge awarded him a dollar ($1). Dickey’s ex-wife and her husband told the Ottumwa Courier they would not appeal the decision and are happy to put this case and their interactions with the senator behind them.

Dickey says the court’s decision shows the lengths that some are willing to go to tarnish his reputation.