by Dana | May 2, 2018 | Case Law Updates
Iowa Procedure: Donnell v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co., Iowa App., No. a-13-0672 (March 12, 2014) Issue: Whether a one-year limitations provision provided in an insurance contract conforms with and is enforceable under Iowa law. Facts: Sixteen months after...
by Dana | May 2, 2018 | Case Law Updates
Iowa Procedure: Caldwell v. Holiday Lake Owners’ Association, Inc., No. 3-485 (Iowa Ct. App. 2013) Issue: Whether a defendant can join a party as a third-party defendant for purposes of contribution after the statute of limitations has run on Plaintiff’s cause(s) of...
by Dana | May 2, 2018 | Case Law Updates
Contract: Team Two, Inc. v. City of Des Moines, Iowa, No. 3-194 (Iowa Crt. App. 2013) Issues: Whether the Court erred in not requiring the jury to show whether it based its verdict on a breach of a specific contract term or a breach of an implied covenant. Whether the...
by Dana | May 2, 2018 | Case Law Updates
Personal Jurisdiction: Shams v. Hassan, No. 12-0036 (Iowa 2013) Issue: Whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant to a lawsuit filed in Iowa that alleged misappropriated funds from an Iowa bank account violates the Due Process Clause of...
by Dana | May 2, 2018 | Case Law Updates
Evidence: Putnam v. Kalber, Case No. 2-1166 (Iowa Ct. App. 2013). Issues: Whether the trial court erred by excluding evidence of the plaintiff’s ingestion of THC (i.e. marijuana). Facts: Plaintiff, Luke Putnam, filed a lawsuit against the defendant for injuries he...
by Dana | May 2, 2018 | Case Law Updates
Sexual Harassment: Nelson v. James H. Knight DDS, P.C., 11-1857 (Iowa 2012) Issue: Whether termination of a female employee because the employer’s wife, due to no fault of the employee, is concerned about the nature of the relationship between the employer and the...