Giza v. BNSF Ry. Co.
Plaintiff, an employee of BNSF Railway Company, was injured due to the railroad’s negligence. Because of his injury, Plaintiff was no longer able to work at his job. Plaintiff, who was almost...
View ArticleGarr v. City of Ottumwa
Plaintiffs, property owners, filed a lawsuit against the City of Ottumwa alleging that the City negligently managed storm water by approving a development. Plaintiffs alleged this action caused...
View ArticleShumate v. Drake Univ.
Plaintiff worked as a service dog trainer but was not disabled. Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Drake University Law School, where she was a student, alleging that Drake barred her from bringing with...
View ArticleBertrand v. Mullin
Rick Bertrand, a Republican, and Rick Mullin, a Democrat, were candidates for the Iowa Senate in the 2010 general election. During campaigning, Mullin approved of a television commercial, titled...
View ArticleGodfrey v. State
Plaintiff, the workers’ compensation commissioner, filed an amended petition against the State and individual defendants named in their official and individual capacities. Plaintiff’s claims stemmed...
View ArticleMadden v. City of Iowa City
Plaintiff was injured when she crashed on her bicycle while riding on a sidewalk abutting the grounds of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Plaintiff filed a negligence action against the City,...
View ArticleFreeman v. Grain Processing Corp.
Grain Processing Corporation (GPC) operated a local corn wet milling facility in Muscatine. Plaintiffs, eight individuals who resided within one and one-half miles of GPC’s facility, filed a lawsuit on...
View ArticleDoe v. New London Cmty. Sch. Dist.
Plaintiff, who attended school in the New London Community School District, was fourteen years old when Gina Sisk, a teacher who also served as Plaintiff’s track coach, began to engage in improper...
View ArticlePhillips v. Chicago Cent. & Pac. R.R. Co.
Russell Phillips, an employee of the Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad, filed a negligence action against the railroad. The jury returned a general verdict in favor of Phillips, and the district...
View ArticleSmith v. Iowa State Univ. of Sci. & Tech.
Dennis Smith was formerly employed by the College of Engineering at Iowa State University (ISU), where he was “subjected to wrongful conduct for an extended period of time in a job he had held for...
View ArticleCrow v. Simpson
Plaintiff was injured when he crashed his moped at a work site. Plaintiff sued Defendant, a contractor, alleging that his injuries were caused by the contractor’s negligence at the site. After a trial,...
View ArticleBryant v. Rimrodt
Kevin Bryant, a salesperson at an auto dealership, was in the passenger seat of a car when Lori Parr, who was testing driving the car, made an illegal left turn, and the car was struck by a car driven...
View ArticleVillarreal v. United Fire & Cas. Co.
A fire severely damaged a restaurant that was owned by Plaintiffs. Plaintiffs made a claim to Defendant, the insurer of the restaurant, but Defendant denied the majority of the claim. Plaintiffs filed...
View ArticleMcFadden v. Dep’t of Transp.
Plaintiff filed a tort claim with the state appeal board for wrongful death, alleging that the Iowa Department of Transportation’s negligent maintenance of a highway caused her husband’s death. The...
View ArticleUnited Suppliers, Inc. v. Hanson
Plaintiff, an agricultural supply company, was delivering its own products in a semi-trailer when the semi-trailer wrecked and spilled fertilizers and chemicals, contaminating several hundred cubic...
View ArticleHughes v. Farmers Auto. Ins. Ass’n
An SUV was being driven in the wrong direction on a highway when it collided with a semi-tractor-trailer. The SUV was totaled, and the SUV’s driver was killed. Second later, a motorcyclist ran into the...
View ArticleRhoades v. State
Appellant pleaded guilty to one count of criminal transmission of HIV. Appellant later filed an application for postconviction relief alleging that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by...
View ArticleEstate of Gray v. Baldi
Paul Gray’s surviving spouse, Brenna, and daughter, O.D.G., filed suit against Dr. Daniel Baldi and several Iowa healthcare providers, alleging that Defendants negligently treated Paul during his...
View ArticleEvenson v. Winnebago Insudtries, Inc.
In this appeal, the issue this case presented for the Iowa Supreme Court's review was whether an employer’s matching contributions to an employee’s 401k plan should be considered part of weekly...
View ArticleAlcala v. Marriott Int’l, Inc.
While she was a business guest at the Courtyard by Marriott, Plaintiff slipped and fell on its icy sidewalk, breaking her ankle. After a trial, the jury found Marriott ninety-eight percent at fault and...
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