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Iowa Supreme Court: Plaintiffs may sue State for damages under the Iowa Constitution

Iowa’s former Workers’ Compensation Commissioner has a right to sue the State for monetary damages under the Iowa Constitution, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday.

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Iowa Supreme Court finds a warrantless breath test while operating a boat was involuntary and violated the Iowa Constitution.

by Rox Laird | 7.03

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that a warrantless breath test used to prosecute Dale Pettijohn for operating a boat while …

A splintered Iowa Supreme Court reverses $1.4 million employment judgment

by Rox Laird | 6.29

The Iowa Supreme Court on June 23 reversed a $1.4 million sexual harassment jury verdict against a northeast Iowa ethanol plant and ordered a new trial.

Supreme Court’s lottery ruling a lesson for Iowa law enforcement

by Rox Laird | 6.23

Law enforcement authorities who dilly-dally in investigating crimes face the prospect of losing at trial because the statute of limitations clock has run out, the Iowa Supreme ruled Friday.

The Court threw out the 2015 conviction of Eddie Tipton, a former M …

Juvenile sentencing ruling exposes deep fissure on Iowa Supreme Court

by Rox Laird | 6.19

Mandatory minimum criminal sentences for juvenile offenders do not always violate the Iowa Constitution but they should be short and uncommon, the Iowa Supreme Court ru …

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Iowa Supreme Court splits over causation requirement for a toxic tort claim

In an opinion filed June 23, 2023, the Iowa Supreme Court held a plaintiff suing her employer’s landlord for exposure to toxic chemicals at work did not present sufficient evidence to create a material dispute of fact concerning whether th …

Former employee’s common law negligence claims were preempted by the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act, the Iowa Supreme Court rules

In 2017, Jena McCoy was hired as a sales representative for Thomas L Cardella & Associates’ call center in Ottumwa, Iowa. She alleged that within her first few weeks on the job, her supervisor, John Thompson, “began sitting next to her in her cubicle, touching her inappropriately and making sexually charged comments …

Iowa Supreme Court deadlocks on constitutional ‘takings’ question in Madison County power line case

Six justices of the Iowa Supreme Court were deadlocked on a constitutional “takings” question in a case involving a plan by MidAmerican Energy to construct a power transmission line along a highway right-of-way that crosses a Madison County resident’s property.

MidAmerican applied for a franchise from the Iowa Util …

An evenly divided Supreme Court affirms “fetal heartbeat law” injunction by operation of law, trades barbs on matters of jurisprudence and appellate procedure

In a 3-3 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a district court ruling refusing to dissolve a 2019 injunction against enforcement of a law known as the “fetal heartbeat law,” which would prohibit most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. Though the lack of a majority means that no written opinion carries th …

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