The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to give banks and real estate developers the same legal remedy that protects homebuyers from defective construction. In a pair of decisions, the court refused to expand Iowa’s implied warranty of workmanlike construction, which …
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and top aides could be held personally liable if a jury decides that they defamed the workers’ compensation commissioner and improperly cut his salary during an attempt to force his resignation, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. …
The Iowa Supreme Court recently held that a third-party beneficiary is granted no greater rights under an insurance policy and is bound by the same limitations as the policyholder. In Osmic v. Nationwide Agribusiness Ins. Co., No. 12-1295 (Iowa Jan. …
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that a West Liberty woman, an immigrant from Mexico who stayed in the United States after her visa had expired, is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for a work-related injury. The case involves …
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a Dubuque care center unfairly fired an employee who witnessed supervisors forging documents, but the court says the woman shouldn’t have received punitive damages. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reported the ruling Friday eliminated the …
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday said a couple from Ecuador may sue their attorney for emotional distress because his advice caused them to be separated from their children and grandchildren for a decade. It’s the first time the state’s …
Hundreds of residents from two Des Moines, Iowa apartment buildings may move forward with a class action lawsuit over a bedbug infestation in what may be one of the nation’s first class action cases against apartment owners and managers regarding …
Iowa Supreme Court justices have been told that some apartment tenants’ experiences with bedbugs are too varied to let a lawsuit proceed as a class action. The Des Moines Register says attorney Kevin Driscoll told the justices during oral arguments …
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the owners of a dairy farm can be sued by an adult chaperone who was injured during a kindergarten class trip. The court said Monday it would hear the case Oct. …
A woman left with eye problems when she didn’t get the right medication after surgery won’t get a new trial in her lawsuit against a pharmacy, even though new evidence that surfaced as the trial was beginning surprised her attorney, …