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CMT Highway, LLC, an Iowa Limited Company v. Logan Contractors Supply, Inc., an Iowa Corporation, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on April 24, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The core dispute...
Matthew Lewis Hunter v. City of Des Moines, Iowa; and Des Moines Police Bargaining Unit, Jane Doe No. 1, John Doe No. 2, John Doe No. 3, John Doe No. 4, and John Doe No. 5, decided by Iowa Supreme Cou...
Sarah Kingsbury v. Second Injury Fund of Iowa, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on April 24, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The plaintiff, Sarah Kingsbury, sought review of a decision by the ...
Worthwhile Wind, LLC v. Worth County Board of Supervisors, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on April 24, 2026, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. Worthwhile Wind, LLC challenged the Worth County Board ...
City of Davenport v. Office of Auditor of State of Iowa, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The City of Davenport challenged the Iowa Auditor's autho...
Dr. Paul R. Gausman v. Sioux City Community School District, Daniel D. Greenwell, Jan George, Taylor Goodvin, and Bob Michaelson, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defenda...
State of Iowa v. Dillon Michael Heiller, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on April 17, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court reviewed a defendant's conviction for operating wh...
Timothy Kono v. D.R. Horton, Inc. and D.R. Horton-Iowa, LLC d/b/a Classic Builders, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on April 10, 2026, resulted in a defendant win outcome. Timothy Kono sued D.R. Horton ...
Gloria Ann Shontz, as administrator of the Estate of Shirley Kay Gomez, Andrea Marie Bell, Kristina Christian Lincoln, and Kim Marie Kerr v. Mercy Medical Center-Clinton, Inc., and Amareshwar Chiruvel...
Matthew McQuillen and Elizabeth McQuillen, individually and as limited co-guardians and co-conservators of Margaret G. McQuillen v. West Side Transport, Inc. and Clifford Charles Takes and Wabash Nati...
This case involves Andrew Jay Porter, who was convicted of domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury. Porter appealed his conviction, arguing that the district court made several errors. Specifical...
This case involves attorney Stephen K. Allison, who was found to have violated several rules of professional conduct. The Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board filed a complaint against Allis...
This case involves Dillon Michael Heiller's appeal of his conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), first offense. Heiller was stopped by a police officer who observed him driving er...
This case involves attorney Valerie A. Cramer, who was found to have violated several rules of professional conduct. The Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board filed a complaint against her, a...
Jenna Sondag sued her former employer, Orthopaedic Specialists, P.C., and her supervisor, Dr. John Hoffman, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation under the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA). Sondag cl...
This case involves a mother's appeal from a juvenile court order terminating her parental rights to her minor child, L.P. The mother argued that the State failed to prove the statutory grounds for ter...
This case involves Christopher Joseph Hidlebaugh, who was convicted of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), third offense. Hidlebaugh appealed his conviction, arguing that the district court s...
This case involves Green Belt Bank & Trust (the Bank) seeking to foreclose on a mortgage and security interests against Stephanie Marie Van Mill, Mashon Michael Van Mill, and Van Mill Farms, LLC (coll...
This case involves Linda Jones, a former employee of Broadlawns Medical Center, who sued her supervisor, Dr. Larry Lindell, and Broadlawns for various claims including discrimination, harassment, and ...
This case involves the Estate of Jill Cataldo, represented by Zachary Mead, suing RCHP-Ottumwa, LLC (Ottumwa Regional Health Center), nurse Matthew Jay Breeding, and Dr. Elvin McCarl for medical malpr...
This case involves Rodney Dee Brown, who was convicted of domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury. Brown appealed his conviction, arguing that the district court made several errors. Specifically...
This case involves Cody Lee Smith's appeal of his conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), second offense. Smith argued that the district court should have suppressed evidence obtai...
The State of Iowa appealed a district court's decision to suppress evidence found during a search of Alicia Elaine Fredericksen's vehicle. The search was conducted after a police officer pulled Freder...
This case involves a dispute over a loan agreement between Northwest Bank & Trust Company and Pershing Hill Lofts, LLC, along with its guarantors John M. Carroll and John G. Ruhl. The bank sued the LL...
This case involves Beecher Store, Inc., a business that sells alcohol, challenging a decision by the Iowa Department of Revenue Alcoholic Beverages Division. The Division had suspended Beecher Store's...
This case involves Sherral Jermaine Tolbert, Jr., who was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The State of Iowa appealed the district court's decision to grant Tolbert a ...