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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 …

Iowa Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in Summit pipeline case Oct. 8 in historic Iowa State Capitol courtroom

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case involving Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed CO2 pipeline in a special evening session Oct. 8 in the historic Iowa Supreme Court courtroom in the Iowa State Capitol Building.

Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in eight cases Oct. 8-10

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in eight cases Oct. 8-10. Six other cases will be submitted to the Court without argument. Following are brief summaries of the October cases.

Iowa Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in one case at Harlan High School Sept. 24

The Iowa Supreme Court will travel to Harlan Tuesday to hear oral arguments in an appeal brought by the head of the State Alcoholic Beverages Division who argues the Division’s fired former comptroller is not protected by a whistleblower provision in state law.

Arguments in Halbur v. Larson will be heard by th …

Iowa Supreme Court upholds removal of Libertarian Party candidates from November ballot

Instead of choosing candidates for the U.S. House in June party primaries, three Libertarian Party congressional candidates were nominated at the party’s state convention by delegates elected at county conventions.

Six eligible voters in those three congressional districts filed formal objections with the Secretary of …

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