Plaintiff sustained a back injury at work on May 23, 2010.  On May 23, 2012, his employer notified him it would no longer pay for his medical care as the two-year statute of limitations for workers’ compensation benefits had expired.  Plaintiff filed two petitions with the Workers’ Compensation Commission – one alleging an injury on […]

Plaintiff filed a negligence claim against a property owner after Plaintiff slipped and fell on an icy stairway. Mark Thomas and Allyson Weaver represented the property owner who leased a single family residence to a tenant. Pursuant to a written lease agreement between the owner and tenant, lawn care and snow removal were the tenant’s […]

Plaintiff brought a negligence and products liability case against a knife seller and manufacturer after a knife he ordered cut his finger.  Andrew Hall and Michael Kuehner represented the knife seller and argued on summary judgment it was statutorily immune from strict liability arising out of alleged defects in the original design or manufacture of […]

Plaintiff, an auto dealership salesman, was injured while on a test drive with a potential buyer.  Plaintiff had instructed the potential buyer to make an illegal left hand turn, which is when the vehicle was hit by an oncoming car.  Plaintiff hit his head, briefly lost consciousness, and was taken to the emergency room.  Plaintiff […]

Attorneys Mark Thomas and Joseph Moser obtained a favorable jury verdict in a complex matter stemming from a March 2012 car accident near Ottumwa, Iowa. The accident occurred when the Defendant, Winfred Douglass, pulled out in front of the Plaintiffs’, Dennis and Lauren Cockayne’s, vehicle, which was traveling at approximately 70 miles per hour. The […]

Duane and Shirley Bushman, husband and wife, formed FGP, LLC.  FGP was formed to purchase eggs for hatching, coordinate delivery of hatched check to contracted growers, and then coordinate delivery of the grown birds to Custom Poultry Processing, LLC (CPP).  CPP is a limited liability corporation owned by the Bushmans and others.  The Bushmans own […]

On November 25, 2015, the Iowa Court of Appeals issued a decision holding that Iowa law does not provide a private cause of action for a debt collector’s failure to file notification with the Iowa Attorney General.  This issue arises out of Iowa Code section 537.5201(1), which provides that: The consumer . . . has […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals recently issued a ruling on intervening and superseding cause and payment of past medical expenses in the workers’ compensation context.  An employee injured his back in the course and scope of employment on August 15, 2011.  He returned to full-duty work with no restrictions on August 24, 2011.  On October […]