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Class Action Settlement: Linn County Iowa Case Number LACV 091106
May 23, 2019
These materials relate to the lawsuit captioned Vondell Prime, Rocky Wicher, Michelle Lutenske, and Joyce Davis, on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated v. CR Five Seasons Property LLC, CR Five Seasons LLC, MHPI Finance, Inc. and Universal Utilities, Inc., Linn County Iowa Case Number LACV 091106.
- Manufactured home tenants Settlement Agreement
- Class Notice
- A link to the Settlement Administrator’s website may be found here. The Settlement Administrator will be responsible for certain activities, including without limitation, sending Notices and/or checks to potential Class Members.
CONGRATULATIONS!
March 8th, 2022
Congratulations to Ann Gronlund on her recent induction as a member of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers and to Brad Brady on his recent election as Vice President of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers.
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What is a Street?
March 3rd, 2022
The Cornbelt Running Club brought suit against the City claiming that the City’s fencing across the path created a nuisance and violated Iowa law by obstructing a street.
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IOWA SUPREME COURT RULES CELL PHONE IN CAR INSUFFICIENT TO ADMIT THAT AS EVIDENCE
May 17th, 2021
On May 7, 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court decided the case of Holmes v. Pomeroy. A link to that case is found at the end of this article. The Iowa Supreme Court addressed whether evidence found on a driver’s cell phone that the driver, on several occa…
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Iowa Supreme Court Holds Continuing Storm Doctrine Applies Only to “Meaningful, Ongoing Accumulation of Snow or Ice,” and Remains a Valid Defense in Iowa When the Standard is Met
June 8th, 2020
In Gries v. Ames Ecumenial Housing, Inc., issued June 5, 2020, the Iowa Supreme Court held the long-standing continuing storm doctrine or storm in progress doctrine remains good law in Iowa, reaffirming an exception to a land possessor’s ordinary d…
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IOWA SUPREME COURT FINDS INSURANCE POLICY MAY PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR A CLAIM OF GROSS NEGLIGENCE AGAINST A CO-EMPLOYEE
June 8th, 2020
The Iowa Supreme Court was recently confronted with the question of whether, under Iowa law, a commercial general liability insurance policy purchased by an employer, which included its employees as insureds, could provide insurance coverage for a cl…
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Categories: Business Litigation
Is a Forwarded Email Attachment an Exception to the Hearsay Rule?
April 23rd, 2020
The Iowa Court of Appeals recently addressed the above-described question. Normally an admission by a party opponent is not hearsay. A document drafted by a party opponent would clearly fit within such an admission. It is less clear, however, if a pa…
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Iowa Supreme Court Decertifies a Class of Workers Alleging a Violation of Iowa's Workers' Compensation Statute
April 7th, 2020
On March 20, 2020, the Iowa Supreme Court issued its decision in the matter of Roland v. Annett Holdings, Inc., decertifying the class of workers that had been certified by the District Court, alleging violations of Iowa’s Code Chapter 85, which is…
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Settlement Notice of Class Action Against Kelley Properties
September 2nd, 2019
The materials below relate to the lawsuit captioned Katherine Hicks, Ian Hicks, Rosa Sanchez, individually and as representatives of a class of others similarly situated v. Kelley Properties, Inc., Linn County Iowa Case Number Case No. CVCV087317. No…
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IOWA COURT OF APPEALS RECOGNIZES CONCEPT OF A PARENT CORPORATION’S INTERFERENCE WITH A SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION’S CONTRACT
July 8th, 2019
The Iowa Court of Appeals was recently confronted with an issue that it identified as not having been previously decided in the state of Iowa. The question presented is whether, in Iowa, a parent corporation can be found liable for intentional interf…
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Categories: General
Iowa Abandons Longstanding Test Used in Employment Discrimination Cases
June 12th, 2019
The Iowa Supreme Court recently revisited the burden-shifting analysis that is used in an employment discrimination case. The Iowa Supreme Court noted that it had previously moved away from requiring that the employee first show that the employer’s…
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