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Truckers must pursue workers’ compensation claims individually, not as a class, Iowa Supreme Court rules

Drivers who work for a national trucking company based in Des Moines do not have common claims for purposes of a class-action lawsuit on workers’ compensation benefits, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled March 20.

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Residential contractors must be licensed to represent homeowners with insurers

by Rox Laird | 2.18

Contracts written by residential contractors who act as unlicensed “public adjusters” representing homeowners’ with insurers following storm damage are invalid under Iowa law, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Feb. 14.

33 Carpenters Const …

Iowa Supreme Court restores sentence reduction in a ruling affecting 150 inmates

by Rox Laird | 10.19

The Iowa Supreme Court in its first decision of the term handed down Oct. 13 agreed with a convicted sex offender that his prison sentence was wrongly extended by more than three years by the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC).

The IDOC’s recent poli …

Iowa Supreme Court opens the courthouse doors to ‘wrongful birth’ lawsuits

by Rox Laird | 6.05

Pamela and Jeremy Plowmans’ appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court presented hard questions about the rights of parents to be informed about abnormalities of an unborn child that may lead them to choose an abortion.

The Court, carefully picking through this mor …

Justice Waterman: Beer-Can Connoisseur

by Ryan Koopmans | 7.20

By Ryan Koopmans

“In his professional life, Tom Waterman, 53, is a fourth-generation member of the storied Davenport law firm of Lane & Waterman, and a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. In his personal life, he is a husband, father, fitnes …

November 2024 Opinion Roundup

The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in eleven cases in November 2024. In addition to the four cases covered in individual stories on the blog, the remaining opinions from November are summarized below.

Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in 10 cases Dec. 17 and 18

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in 10 cases Dec. 17 and 18, and three other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the December cases.

No Fourth Amendment violation in vehicle search after drug-sniffing dog sticks its nose through an open window, Iowa Supreme Court holds

The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure was not violated when a drug detection dog inserted its nose into the open window of a suspect’s vehicle, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a divided Dec. 6 decision.

Landowners challenging DOT eminent domain action missed a critical filing deadline, Iowa Supreme Court holds

Owners of farmland in Story County seeking to block the Iowa Department of Transportation’s condemnation of part of their property for a highway project succeeded in getting their appeal before the Iowa Supreme Court even after missing one filing deadline, but they lost their bid to revive their case in district court because they missed a second and critical deadline.

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