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$97M brain damage verdict struck; Plaintiff lawyer's 'rhetoric paints attorneys in a poor light'
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa's highest court has struck a nearly $100 million verdict in favor of a family who blamed doctors for a baby's brain injuries, and its chief justice delivered a smackdown of the plaintiffs' lawyer for ridiculing the defendants' arguments to the jury. -
Pro-life law affirmed in Iowa; Chief justice: 'I cannot stand by this decision'
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - An Iowa law banning abortions after a fetus' heartbeat is detected is constitutional, the state's supreme court has ruled. -
Med-mal lawyers' failure to include doctor's oath dooms lawsuit
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa legislators meant what they said when they passed a law requiring medical malpractice plaintiffs to submit an expert’s affidavit, signed under penalty of perjury and certifying their case has merit, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. -
City not liable for unqualified inspector's OK of stairs that caused slip-and-fall
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - An Iowa city can’t be sued for hiring an unqualified inspector who failed to flag stairs that didn’t meet building code requirements, the state Supreme Court ruled, shutting down an apartment building owner’s attempt to drag the city into a slip-and-fall lawsuit. -
Iowa HR exec can't use harassment reports in her own lawsuit
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - The State of Iowa doesn’t have to pay a $790,000 jury award to a state employee who claimed a hostile work environment based mostly on secondhand reports she received as an administrator overseeing social workers in the Iowa Department of Human Services. -
Parents can't sue over death of infant, but his estate can
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Parents who sued over the death of their infant child failed to file the proper administrative claims first, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled, but the estate of the child can continue with a $15 million lawsuit claiming a misplaced feeding tube caused the baby’s death. -
Iowa jurors now need an expert to explain cow management
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa jurors no longer can be counted upon to understand the basics of livestock management, the state’s highest court ruled, affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit by a truck driver who was injured after his vehicle plowed into a loose cow. -
Building owner not liable for lung injuries blamed on 'Draynamite' cleaner
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - A building owner isn’t responsible for an elderly woman’s lung injuries she blamed on a smelly drain cleaner called Draynamite, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled, citing a lack of scientific evidence. -
Iowa Supreme Court tosses $400K sexual harassment verdict, says Workers' Comp preempts it
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa workers’ compensation law preempts lawsuits over sexual harassment at work, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled, throwing out a $400,000 jury verdict a telemarketing employee won over unwanted advances by her supervisors. -
Woman can't sue Iowa city after police officer raped her while she was intoxicated
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - The City of Muscatine, Iowa isn’t liable for the actions of a police officer who gave the intoxicated passenger of a vehicle a ride to the hotel where she was staying and raped her, all while still on duty. -
Stem cell company won't get jury trial after being sued by Iowa AG
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - A company that touted its stem cell cures for aging wasn’t entitled to a jury trial over claims by the Iowa Attorney General it violated state consumer protection laws, the state’s highest court ruled. -
Split Iowa Supreme Court overrules own precedent on money damages after just six years
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - The Iowa Supreme Court overruled a precedent allowing money damages for constitutional violations after just six years, deciding its earlier decision intruded on the powers of the legislature and proved unworkable in practice. -
Worker fired after texting all-caps F-bomb to boss loses wrongful termination lawsuit
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - A meatpacking plant worker who texted a profane insult to his boss but later claimed he meant it for a friend can’t sue for age discrimination and wrongful dismissal, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled, affirming the burden-shifting framework for proving workplace discrimination. -
Companies that didn't make asbestos-containing insulation can still be liable, court rules
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – Asbestos lawyers in Iowa scored a big win June 17 when the state Supreme Court rejected a lower court’s reading of 2017 tort reform legislation. -
911 operator who took murdered infant call entitled to PTSD Workers' Comp
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – An Iowa emergency dispatcher traumatized by a mother’s screams is entitled to Workers’ Compensation, the state’s highest court has ruled. -
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Iowa taxpayers could pay for fatal crash caused when drunk driver speeds down wrong side of highway
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Iowa taxpayers may be on the hook for a fatal crash that occurred after a drunk driver sped the wrong way down a highway at more than 100 mph and collided with a police car going the other way, the state’s highest court has ruled. -
Man sent down zip line with no brakes can sue for recklessness; He broke his neck at the bottom
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – A man who was left to bash into a tree at full speed on a zip line can sue the ski resort where it occurred for willful, wanton or reckless conduct but not ordinary negligence, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. -
Strip club not liable after booting drunk customer who was later killed by drunk driver
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - An Iowa strip club that ejected a drunken patron isn’t liable for his death at the hands of a drunk driver half a mile away, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled, rejecting arguments the club had a duty to make sure the customer caught a cab or was arrested by the police. -
Judge denies asbestos lawyer who wants to practice in Iowa
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – An Iowa state court judge won’t let an asbestos lawyer into his courtroom after defendants put a spotlight on her record of honesty. -
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Landlord caught in 'pickle' should have favored tenant with allergies over support dog, Iowa SC says
DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) – An Iowa landlord should have turned away a potential tenant with an emotional support dog, a split Iowa Supreme Court has ruled.