Council Bluff, Iowa civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on defamation, civil extortion, breach of employee duty of loyalty, breach of contract and unjust enrichment.


A jury awarded Hoffmann Innovations, Inc., and its owner Jerry Hoffmann $11 million in compensatory and punitive damages against a fired employee, Scott Clark, and his new competing company... More...    $0 (06-17-2022 - IA)

In this appeal, a plaintiff asks our court to decide if the district
court properly granted summary judgment and partial summary
judgment on his defamation claim based on the running of the statute of
limitations. Additionally, we must determine if the court properly
granted summary judgment on the plaintiff’s malicious prosecution claim
on the ground the defendants merely furn... More...    $0 (10-27-2017 - IA)

In this interlocutory appeal, a former agent of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) challenges the district court’s dismissal of his claim for wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. The agent’s application for leave to appeal was filed more than thirty days after the district court’s order but within thirty days of the court’s denial of the plaintiff’s motion to amend fin... More...    $0 (02-26-2016 - IA)

Michael Sellers, an employee at Deere & Company (Deere) for over thirty
years, sued Deere and his supervisor, Clyde D’Cruz (collectively, defendants),
alleging (1) age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA), 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., and the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA), Iowa Code
§ 216; (2) disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilitie... More...    $0 (07-02-2015 - 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.
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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)

Amjad Butt, M.D., appeals the district court’s ruling on judicial review upholding the Iowa Board of Medicine’s findings of unethical or unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine. We affirm the board’s conclusion that Dr. Butt engaged in unethical and/or unprofessional conduct in violation of lowa Code sections 147.55(3) and 272C.10(3) (2007) and Iowa Administrative Code rule 653-23... More...    $0 (06-12-2013 - IA)

The City of Council Bluffs, police officers Daniel Larsen, Lyle Brown, and David Dawson (collectively the City), and Curtis McGhee appeal from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to Chicago Insurance Company (CIC) and Columbia Casualty Company (Columbia), on CIC’s and Columbia’s declaratory judgment claims concerning coverage under various insurance policies. We affirm as to... More...    $0 (04-30-2013 - IA)

This defamation case concerns Mind, Body and Soul, a book written by Scott Weier. In the author’s words, the book is “based on my life.â€� It discusses Scott’s personal transformation, largely through his relationship with God, following his divorce “on bad termsâ€� from his first wife. Scott’s ex-wife and her father concluded the book falsely accused them of lying, abuse, and suffering ... More...    $0 (01-18-2013 - IA)

Gary Craig appeals the grant of summary judgment on his three tort claims—malicious prosecution, false arrest, and defamation—against his former employer, the City of Cedar Rapids. Craig claims there is at least one disputed fact question for each claim, which should have precluded summary judgment. The City contends the district court was correct on all grounds. We affirm.

I. Backgroun... More...    $0 (12-14-2012 - IA)

Hy-Vee, Inc. appeals from a district court judgment entered in favor of Michelle Clay on her claim for defamation. Hy-Vee argues there was insufficient evidence to support the court’s finding that Hy-Vee abused its qualified privilege. We reverse and remand.

Clay was mistakenly arrested for fraudulently obtaining a prescription drug after Hy-Vee employees reported their allegation to th... More...    $0 (12-31-2008 - IA)

When the defendants in this case began to manufacture a cement mixer similar to one manufactured by Cemen Tech (CTI), CTI sued them, alleging breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, and breach of fiduciary duty. The district court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment on virtually all of the plaintiff's claims, and the plaintiff appealed. We af... More...    $0 (05-09-2008 - IA)

On March 20, 2002, the Seymours (whom we shall refer to by their first names) we... More...    $0 (03-27-2008 - IA)

Plaintiff Richard Dowell, a phys... More...    $0 (02-28-2008 - IA)

I. Back... More...    $0 (11-08-2007 - IA)

Defamation claim by the owners of a greyhound kennel whose dogs sustained various injuries at the Bluffs Run Casino racetrack. The Casino publicly stated that the Yates Kennel dogs performed poorly. Yates claimed that its dogs were injured because of poor track conditions.... More...    $585282 (11-11-2003 - IA)

Linn-Mar High School has adopted what is commonly known as a "zero tolerance" policy concerning students' use or possession of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. This case involves a ninth grader who was caught with cigarettes while on a school band trip to San Antonio, Texas. He was returned home, alone, via Greyhound bus. The youngster survived the 1100-mile journey, but his distraught father sued the... More...    $0 (12-18-2002 - IA)

Steven Theisen was fired from his job as security manager for Covenant Medical Center because, after he was suspected of making an obscene phone call to another employee, he refused to submit to voice print analysis to confirm or refute the accusation. Theisen sued Covenant for wrongful discharge. On Theisen's appeal from the district court's summary judgment for Covenant, the principal question i... More...    $0 (11-15-2001 - IA)

Iowa June 1, 2000). For reversal, the District argues that (1) the dist... More...    $250000 (04-07-2001 - IA)

Press-Citizen Co., Inc., (the Press-Citizen) appeals from a judgment awarding substantial punitive damages against it in a libel action. The plaintiff-appellee is Caveman Adventures UN, Ltd. d/b/a the Electronics Cave (the Electronics Cave), a retail vendor of electronic equipment in Iowa City, including VCRs and camcorders. The gravamen of the Electronics Cave's claim in the district court was th... More...    $0 (09-06-2001 - IA)

The District hired Smith as the director of technology systems in July 1995. In that position, he reported to Pat Moran, the associate superintendent of management services, and supervised three employees, including Donna Pittman, an executive secretary, and Jacquelyn Seymour, an outside project manager specialist hired by Smith. According to Smith, the technology department was in disarray wh... More...    $250000 (08-07-2001 - IA)

Defamation - An injured former employee sued his employer and the employer's nurse for defamation when the company nurse told employee's examining physician that the employee was faking his injury, and that the company had video proof. The company had no video proof.... More...    $15004000 (02-17-1999 - IA)

Wilson sued IBP and Ar... More...    $15004000 (02-17-1999 - IA)

Defamation - Richard and his wife, Jeri, sued the Courier and its editor-in-chief, Russell Cunningham for incorrectly reporting that Richard had declared bankruptcy. Richard claimed the paper defamed him causing him humiliation and damages to his reputation. Jeri claimed loss of consortium. Witnesses testifed that they saw the incorrect bankruptcy notice and never saw a front-page correction.... More...    $380000 (10-21-1998 - IA)