Defendant DAC, Inc. operates a group home that provides home and community based services for disabled persons. On March 25, 2015, a resident of the home with intellectual disabilities and a history of sexual abuse and physical aggression left Defendant’s property without the staff’s knowledge or permission. While missing from the home, the resident approached […]
Defendant Jeffrey Clark worked for Apartments Downtown, a property-management business owned by his parents. While he did not have a formal title, Defendant’s duties included assigning workers to complete construction tasks. In April 2014, Defendant tasked Bronson Ganka and two other workers with drilling vent holes in the front of a building. The workers had […]
In 2013, Plaintiffs Rachel and Heidi McFarland hired Defendant Jason Rieper to represent them in adopting a child. On December 30, 2013, two days after the child’s birth, the birth mother signed an authorization to discharge the baby to Defendant, who then left the hospital and delivered the baby to the Plaintiffs. Prior to the […]
The Iowa Court of Appeals held that an employee is entitled to reimbursement of an independent medical exam under Iowa Code section 85.39 in a review-reopening petition. An employee suffered a workplace injury in 2013 and filed a petition seeking benefits. During that proceeding an IME was performed and the employee was placed at MMI […]
On October 17, 2015, Officer Justin Brandt observed a black Lincoln Navigator at 12:30am in the City of Waterloo. Officer Brandt observed the driver accelerate at a yellow light and pass to the left of a moving vehicle before veering across the centerline. Officer Brandy also observed the driver’s license plate light not properly functioning. […]
Larry Hedlund began working as an Iowa State Patrol Trooper with the Iowa Department of Public Safety in 1988. He was promoted in 2010 to special agent in charge (SAC). Starting in January 2013, Hedlund began circulating emails critical of his supervisors. During June of 2013, an internal investigation was conducted on Hedlund. The investigation […]
In 1997, Plaintiff purchased an automobile insurance policy from client Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. At that time, plaintiff made the decision not to purchase underinsurance coverage. Subsequent to purchasing the policy, plaintiff was involved in an auto accident. After settling with the tortfeasor, plaintiff sought underinsured benefits from Liberty pursuant to Iowa Code section 516A.1, […]
In a case pending in the United States District Court for Northern District of Iowa, the Iowa Supreme Court answered a certified question by federal district court Judge Mark Bennett regarding whether a Third-Party Administrator for workers’ compensation insurance carriers may not be held liable for bad faith causes of action brought by workers’ compensation […]
Six current or former employees of TPI Iowa, LLC, a wind blade manufacturing company located in Newton, Iowa, sued TPI’s workers’ compensation carrier, Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania (ICSOP), for failing to conduct, or negligently conducting, an insurance inspection at the company’s facility, which caused serious health problems. ICSOP resisted the Plaintiffs’ claims, […]
Plaintiff and Defendant were business associates, who had an oral agreement regarding a salvage yard business. Plaintiff locked Defendant out of the business and filed suit for breach of an oral contract. Plaintiff also obtained a temporary injunction that prevented Defendant from returning to the business property, where many of Defendant’s tools, equipment, and inventory […]
