A federal appeals court Monday upheld the summary-judgment dismissal of an Iowa family’s civil lawsuit following the shooting death of Robert Michael Dooley by a Van Buren County sheriff’s deputy.
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Sidewalk evangelist loses again before federal Court of Appeals
A Christian evangelist who wants to take his religious message to the Iowa State Fair has again been rebuffed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
The federal appeals court based in St. Louis, which has jurisdiction in seven Midwest states i …
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals rules twice in one week upholding Arkansas death penalty process
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued two rulings this week, clearing the way for Arkansas to carry out its plan to execute eight convicted murderers. That is assuming there are no more emergency appeals to state and federal courts.
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Four Iowa Supreme Court opinions on State’s duty to protect nursing home residents from a convicted sex offender
The placement of a serial sex offender in a nursing home where he assaulted an elderly woman “cries out for a remedy,” Iowa Supreme Court Justice Thomas Waterman noted in an opinion concurring with the Court’s read more
Iowa Supreme Court: Patient safety reports are privileged under ‘morbidity and mortality’ statute
Patient safety reports produced by hospital employees are off limits to discovery in legal proceedings, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday, because confidentiality encourages hospital staff to be comfortable in candidly reporting safety concerns.
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