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919 N.W.2d 768 (Table)

Shannon DUNCAN, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
FORD MOTOR CREDIT, REPOSSESSORS, INC. and Bruce Shores, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 17-1122

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

Filed June 20, 2018

Dennis G. Larson of Larson ... More...    $0 (06-20-2018 - IA)

Wyngarden, who was born in 1951, was employed as a juvenile court officer
(JCO) by the Iowa Judicial Branch.1 His immediate supervisor was Bruce Buttel
and Buttel’s supervisor was John Wauters. Wyngarden received an oral reprimand
in November 2007, which was not placed in his file. On October 9, 2008,
Wyngarden received a written reprimand based on Wauters’s determination More...    $0 (07-19-2018 - IA)

When we answer a certified question, we rely upon the facts provided with the certified question. See Bd. of Water Works Trs. of Des Moines v. Sac Cty. Bd. of Supervisors, 890 N.W.2d 50, 53 (Iowa 2017); Life Inv’rs Ins. Co. of Am. v. Estate of Corrado, 838 N.W.2d 640, 643 (Iowa 2013). Accordingly, we restate the facts as set forth by the federal district court:
The incidents giving rise to ... More...    $0 (07-04-2018 - IA)

On March 5, 2008, Duncan purchased a 2008 Ford Edge from Decorah
Auto Center, Inc., with financing through Ford Motor Credit (FMC). She made
payments from April 19, 2008, until August 19, 2010. Duncan received notice she
owed $1871.94, due by November 19, 2010. Duncan stated she paid this amount
in a timely fashion, but on November 19, 2010, Bruce Shores of Repossessors, More...    $0 (06-26-2018 - IA)

According to the minutes of evidence, on New Year’s Eve of 2015, Des
Moines police officer Emily Shoff-Salsbery saw the Toyota Camry driven by
Steele turn without signaling. As the officer closed in on the Camry, Steele made
several abrupt turns. Steele then sped through a residential neighborhood.
Before Shoff-Salsbery could activate her lights, Steele drove down a dead-end... More...    $0 (07-24-2017 - IA)

The following facts are drawn from the minutes of testimony and the defendant’s in-court admissions. FECR268551. On August 2, 2012, Betty Ann Nall visited Earlham Bank in Des Moines and opened an account with a counterfeit U.S. postal money order in the amount of $890. Nall had received the money order from an internet secret shopper program that she suspected was a scam. On August 3, Nall dep... More...    $0 (05-07-2017 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, IA - Iowa Farmer Sentenced to Federal Prison for Farm Loan Fraud

An Iowa farmer who pledged assets as collateral for a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) farm operating loan but later sold the assets and subsequently defaulted on the loans was sentenced today to six months’ in federal prison.

Leroy Jones, age 59, from Floyd, Iowa, received the sentence a... More...    $0 (10-12-2016 - IA)

Des Moines, IA - Ottumwa Man Sentenced to Twenty-Four Months in Prison and Ordered to Pay $395,968.20 in Restitution for Cattle Fraud Scheme

Jeffrey Lewis DeWitt, 28, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for wire fraud and conversion of mortgaged property. DeWitt was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, pay $200 to the Cri... More...    $0 (07-11-2016 - IA)

In this appeal, we review a twenty-seven-year-old defendant’schallenges to his sentence of up to 100 years for drug dealing, child endangerment, and possession of firearms. The jury found the defendant guilty on those offenses, which he committed as an adult. The firearm conviction automatically doubled the sentence for his cocaine offense from twenty-five to fifty years. The district court had... More...    $0 (02-26-2016 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, IA - Decorah Man Sentenced for Selling Goats and Farm Equipment Pledged as Collateral for a Federal Farm Loan

A man who had pledged assets as collateral for a United States Department of Agriculture farm operating loan and then sold those assets without notifying the Department he was doing so, was sentenced to five years’ probation.

Andrew Hansen, age 36, from Deco... More...    $0 (01-07-2016 - IA)

Starting in August 2005, Pruisner and Ballhagen entered into a contract1
for Pruisner to deliver to Ballhagen SEW2 and feeder3 pigs on a routine basis.4
Under the terms of the contract, Pruisner paid for the feed, transportation, and
veterinary services and medication for the hogs, and Ballhagen provided daily
care until the hogs reached market weight. Pruisner paid Ballhagen... More...    $0 (10-17-2015 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, IA - Northeast Iowa Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Assets Pledged as Collateral for a Farm Loan

A man who had pledged assets as collateral for a United States Department of Agriculture farm operating loan and then sold those assets without notifying the Department he was doing so, pled guilty in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

Andrew Hansen, age 36, from Decorah, Iowa,... More...    $0 (09-29-2015 - IA)

CSS2 is a small farming corporation. Steve Muhlenbruch is the agronomy
manager of Farmers Cooperative Company. At Muhlenbruch’s direction, an
employee of Farmer’s Cooperative Company entered CSS2’s property and
sprayed chemicals that killed the corn crop. (Hereafter we refer to Farmers
Cooperative Company and Muhlenbruch jointly as “the Coop.”) On April 25,
2013, CSS2 s... More...    $0 (08-19-2015 - IA)

Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, local exchange carriers such as Windstream Iowa Communications, Inc. (Windstream) must connect calls made to their customers by the customers of national telecommunications companies such as Sprint. Prior to 2009, Sprint paid Windstream state access charges for connecting nonnomadic intrastate long-distance VoIP calls—that is, calls made by cabletelephone... More...    $0 (08-15-2015 - IA)

In this breach-of-contract case, two cellular-service providers dispute whether
they owe approximately $260,000 in liquidated damages to a billing-services
company. The district court2 granted summary judgment to the billing company,
Paramount Software Associates. We affirm.
I. Background
In March 2009, Paramount, a Texas company, contracted with two Iowa
cellular-service p... More...    $0 (07-17-2015 - IA)

A former husband appeals from the entry of a military pension division order, contending the order violates federal law prohibiting the division of disability benefits. See 10 U.S.C. § 1408(a)(4)(C) (defining “disposable retired pay,� which is subject to division, and specifically excluding disability pay). For the reasons that follow, we modify the military pension division order.
I. Bac... More...    $0 (02-11-2015 - IA)

Real Estate Title Closing and Title Services, also known as Patriot Title and Escrow (Patriot), appeals the district court’s grant of the motion to dismiss filed by Trio Solutions, LLC (Trio). Patriot asserts the court erred in finding claim preclusion prohibited Patriot from bringing its current claim of replevin, arguing that the replevin action could not have been brought in the first breach ... More...    $0 (02-11-2015 - IA)

David Aschliman appeals a judgment decree and order adverse to him and in favor of Rodney Hettinger in this real estate dispute. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
I.
The record reflects the following facts. Aschliman was an officer and manager of Farmers Implement, Inc., a Wisconsin business involved in the sale, rent, and service of farm equipment. Hettinger was a farmer in Cl... More...    $0 (10-15-2014 - IA)

Des Moines, IA - Kristine Sink sued the Iowa Department of Corrections on a civil rights violation theory claiming that she was sexually harassed after inmates were repeatedly allowed to watch sexually graphic and violent movies. She also claimed that she was retaliated against and discriminated against by Corrections officials after she complained.

Plaintiff claimed that she suffered em... More...    $0 (10-10-2014 - IA)

Roger Malli appeals the district court’s finding that Jerry Westcott and Darlene Westcott are the legal title holders to 2.9 acres of disputed land. Malli argues the Westcotts failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence they adversely possessed the property, and consequently, the district court erred in dismissing Malli’s counterclaims of trespass and conversion. Malli further argues the ... More...    $0 (03-12-2014 - IA)

Farmland landlords appeal from the denial of this forcible entry and detainer action. Where the farm tenant cured his material breach by restoration of wetlands and the landlords1 incurred no damages, the landlords are not entitled to forcible entry and detainer.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

George Mart previously owned the leased property at issue here─240 acres of farmlan... More...    $0 (10-17-2012 - IA)

In this appeal we examine a case where a joint bank account holder unilaterally withdrew funds from several accounts and placed them in his own name. The district court found this action did not destroy the right of survivorship held by his wife and ordered the return of all the funds to the wife. We conclude that because the withdrawals were valid transactions made with the intent to terminate th... More...    $0 (09-21-2011 - IA)

A dishonest employee of a trucking company put money in his pocket while claiming to be buying fuel for his fellow employees. This fraud was perpetrated at a truck stop, where the employee used his company credit card to obtain cash while reporting purchases of fuel. The truck stop paid out the cash, accepting the employee’s bogus explanation that the money was for other employees’ fuel purcha... More...    $0 (07-08-2011 - IA)

On March 1, 2004, Jim Gibler, Thomas Hull, and Lori Byers purchased the stock of Rosenman’s, Inc., a corporation that operated a scrap metal storage yard in Ottumwa.1 At the same time the parties each signed a promissory note for the purchase of their stock and a stock restriction agreement, limiting their ability to sell or transfer the stock. The corporation adopted amended bylaws.

In a... More...    $0 (03-07-2011 - IA)

After Attorney's Process and Investigation Services, Inc. (API), a Wisconsin corporation which provides security and consulting services to casino operators, was sued in tribal court by the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa (the Tribe), API brought this action seeking a declaratory judgment that the tribal court lacked jurisdiction and an order compelling arbitration. The Tribe's lawsui... More...    $0 (07-07-2010 - IA)

Randal McCullough, a participant in a defined-benefit pension plan sponsored and administered by AEGON USA, Inc. (“AEGONâ€�), brought suit under section 502(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISAâ€�), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(2). He alleged that various plan fiduciaries breached their fiduciary duties to the plan and engaged in prohibited transactions in violation of ... More...    $0 (11-03-2009 - IA)

John P. Wilson appeals from the judgment entered by the district court against him and in favor of Wilson Brothers-Dubuque, Inc. (Wilson Brothers) in the amount of $191,708.42. He contends substantial evidence does not support the award. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Wilson Brothers is a corporation ... More...    $0 (04-08-2009 - IA)

Kaye Dell operated her business, E. J.‟s Legacy, in real estate she leased from E. Bud Corieri pursuant to a written lease. The lease, which ran for three years from September 10, 1998 to September 9, 2001, and was then extended for three years, expired September 9, 2004. On September 11, 2004, the portion of the property in which Dell had operated her business1 was damaged by fire.

Soon... More...    $0 (02-04-2009 - IA)

The defendants appealed the trial court’s denial of their motion for new trial, claiming the jury’s excessive damage award was the result of passion. The court of appeals held the trial court abused its discretion in ordering a remittitur rather than a new trial in view of the trial court’s impression the jury was motivated by anger and a desire to punish the defendants. We granted further r... More...    $107000 (10-21-2008 - IA)

Appellant Dorothy L. Clark appeals the district court’s1 refusal to grant a declaratory judgment and set aside a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) determination that she converted wetlands in violation of the Swampbuster provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, codified as amended at 16 U.S.C. §§ 3801, 3821-24 (2000). Because the USDA determined she had converted wetlands, Cla... More...    $0 (08-13-2008 - IA)

Defendant asserted that Blackford was not entitled to the money because he was trespassing when he won the money, having been banned from the property i... More...    $0 (04-02-2008 - IA)

To begin, we hold that the court did no... More...    $3800000 (09-18-2007 - IA)

Ms. Powell began her employment at Yellow Book as a data-entry processor. After an interview, Yellow Book promoted her to a financial service representative. In this new job she sat n... More...    $0 (04-26-2006 - IA)

The parties to this diversity action together pioneered the marketing of soybean seeds in the 1970s, jointly ventured into the seed-breeding business in the 1980s, and wound up in federal court when their industry entered the biotechnology age. The main issue on appeal is whether restrictions in the parties' 1986 joint-venture agreement (the Agreement) applied to the inheritable genetic m... More...    $40892353 (10-28-2004 - IA)

Zeigler sustained various injuries whil... More...    $0 (03-12-2004 - IA)

The defendants appeal and the plaintiff cross-appeals from a district court ruling on the plaintiff's demand for a jury trial. The district court granted a jury trial as to one issue, but denied it as to another. The defendants were granted an interlocutory appeal, and the plaintiff cross-appealed. We affirm on the defendants' appeal, reverse on the plaintiff's cross-appeal, and remand for furt... More...    $0 (12-17-2003 - IA)

Gregory Peterson left the law firm with which he had been associated and joined a new firm. He continued to represent several clients with whom he had been working in his old firm. The firm, Phil Watson, P.C. (Watson), sued Peterson, his new partnership, Elverson, Vasey, and Peterson, L.L.P. (EVP), and the partners individually, on several theories, and the defendants counterclaimed. The district ... More...    $50966 (09-05-2002 - IA)

Defendant Firstar Bank of Cedar Rapids, f/k/a Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids,[1] appeals, and plaintiff Carolyn Slocum cross-appeals, from a judgment for Slocum following trial on her action for conspiracy and conversion based on the repossession of her vehicle. The bank contends (1) it was entitled to a directed verdict on the conspiracy claim because it had no knowledge of any forgery ... More...    $186200 (05-31-2002 - IA)

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