Davenport, Iowa civil litigation lawyer presented Defendant accused of violating the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing tenants.

Landlord Juan Goitia violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement also resolves claims against 908 Bridge Cooperative which, along with Goitia, owned the properties where the harassment occurred.

Under the conse... More...    $135000 (05-17-2022 - IA)

Dubuque, Iowa civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on sexual harassment and gender discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

Jami Boss claimed that she was sexually harassed and discriminated against.

Boss has worked for the Dubuque Fire Department since 2011 and now is a fire equipment operator.

... More...    $575000 (02-20-2022 - IA)

Des Moines, Iowa civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation employment discrimination theory.... More...    $0 (04-27-2021 - IA)

Des Moines, IA - Joseph Carter sued Atrium Hospitality on a civil rights job discrimination (race) theory under 42 U.S.C. 2000e theory.... More...    $0 (01-02-2020 - IA)

A federal statute known as Title VI states, “No person in the United States
shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” See 42 U.S.C. § 2000d (2015). A
federal report cited the Department of Transpo... More...    $0 (07-19-2018 - 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)

In May 2013, Abraham Watkins was sworn into the Iowa bar and subsequently opened a solo practice in Keosauqua, Iowa. Watkins operated his law practice out of an office located on the first floor or main level of the two-story home he shared with his family. Watkins and his family mostly lived upstairs. However, the home’s kitchen, laundry room, and one of the two bathrooms are located on the ma... More...    $0 (07-04-2018 - IA)

Tracey K. Kuehl (Tracey), Lisa K. Kuehl (Lisa), Kris A. Bell, Nancy A.
Harvey, John T. Braumann, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (plaintiffs) brought
suit against Pamela Sellner, Tom Sellner, and Cricket Hollow Zoo (defendants) under
1The Honorable Richard W. Goldberg, United States Court of International
Trade, sitting by designation.
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the Endangered Species Act, 16 U... More...    $0 (04-18-2018 - IA)

Joanne Cote worked for Derby Insurance Agency from 1998 until 2014. In
2014, she sued the agency and Kevin Dorn (collectively, Derby),1 alleging sexual
discrimination based on a hostile work environment, as well as the torts of
intentional infliction of emotional distress and assault. On interlocutory appeal,
Derby challenges the district court’s denial of its motion for summary ju... More...    $0 (08-02-2017 - IA)

Montezuma, IA - Jury Awards Wrongfully Terminated Employee $4.5 Million

Gregory Hawkins, age 63, sued Grinnell Regional Medical Center on age discrimination and retaliation theories claiming that he was fired after the refused the retire from his job after being diagnosed with cancer.

Plaintiff was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013 and underwent many of the normal and surgical... More...    $4500000 (07-26-2017 - IA)

Iowa State University (ISU) grants student organizations permission to use its
trademarks if certain conditions are met. The ISU student chapter of the National
Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML ISU) had several of its
trademark licensing requests denied because its designs included a cannabis leaf. Two
members of the student group subsequently filed this 42 U.S.... More...    $0 (06-13-2017 - IA)

Martha Martinez came to Muscatine with her parents in 1997 when she was eleven years old. She attended Muscatine public schools and worked for several different employers in Muscatine County. When she was seventeen years old, Martinez applied for and obtained an Iowa driver’s license. She used a birth certificate in the name of Diana Castaneda, a person with a social security number, to obtain ... More...    $0 (06-14-2017 - IA)

On the evening of August 18, 2014, Officer James Morris was parked along Highway 61 in Eldridge, Iowa, conducting random computer checks on the license plates of passing motorists to see if the vehicle was reported stolen or if there were outstanding warrants associated with the owner of the vehicle. His check of the license plate of a vehicle that passed him revealed that the female registered o... More...    $0 (02-15-2017 - IA)

Sink began working as a correctional officer for the DOC at the Iowa State
Penitentiary (ISP) in Fort Madison in May 2003. ISP is a maximum-security, all
male prison. Sink was assigned to the Clinical Care Unit (CCU), in which
inmates with mental illness and/or severe behavioral problems were housed.
Many of the inmates she supervised were sex offenders. The record make... More...    $0 (10-13-2016 - IA)

Dale Morrow raises two issues in this appeal from his conviction for
possession of crack cocaine with intent to deliver. First, he argues the district
court wrongly granted the prosecutor’s motion to strike a potential juror for cause.
Because Morrow did not secure a ruling from the district court on the juror
challenge under Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 2.18(5)(k), he fa... More...    $0 (05-26-2016 - IA)

On August 29, 2014, the State charged Green with assault while
displaying a dangerous weapon, in violation of Iowa Code section 708.2(3)
(2013). The State amended the trial information in November to add the
additional charge of domestic abuse assault, third or subsequent offense, in
violation of Iowa Code section 708.2A(4). The charges stemmed from an
incident in July w... More...    $0 (02-25-2016 - IA)