Notices of Appeal Filed for Estates by Nonlawyers Are Unauthorized Practice, but Not Automatic Nullities When Counsel Timely Appears 1. Introduction In Patrick Willhoite, individually and as the of...
Iowa: Good-Faith Lease Termination and FED Litigation Do Not Repudiate a Lease or Toll a Tenant’s Renewal-Option Deadline 1. Introduction In MidWestOne Bank, Trustee, Haywood B. Belle Family Trust v....
Wrongful-Death Accrual for Missing Patients: Limitations Period Begins at Judicial Declaration of Presumed Death I. Introduction In Kindle Schneider, as temporary administrator for the Estate of...
Harassment Without Initiation: Purposeful “Personal Contact” Includes Choosing to Continue a Proximity Encounter, and § 664A.5 No-Contact Orders Require No Additional Findings Beyond a Qualifying...
Iowa Reaffirms Harmless-Error Review for Jury Instructions that Omit or Mischaracterize an Element (No Automatic Reversal Under the Iowa Constitution) State of Iowa v. Brian Todd Thompson (Iowa May...
Iowa Adopts the “Vicarious-Liability Preemption” Rule for Negligent Hiring/Retention/Supervision Claims Rhonda Baldwin, as executor of the Estate of Garrett O. Baldwin v. Central Iowa Hospital Corp.,...
Koeller v. Cardinal Logistics: AMA Guides Table 16-27 Distal Clavicle Excision Ratings Are Not Multiplied by Table 16-18 I. Introduction Kevin Koeller, a semitruck driver for Cardinal Logistics...
Quiet Title: Publication Notice Is Insufficient When Adverse Claimants Are Readily Ascertainable and When the DNR May Have Iowa Code § 461A.11(2) Jurisdiction Leonora Streeter et al. v. The Dunn...
Iowa Code § 598.41(1)(b) Domestic-Abuse Presumption Applies to Joint Legal Custody, Not Physical Care Introduction Case: Javonte Devar Hines Miller v. Ashlea Kay Teter (captioned in the opinion as...
Error Preserved When Weight-of-the-Evidence Issue Is Acknowledged and Denied; No Postruling Motion Required to Challenge Use of Wrong New-Trial Standard Introduction State of Iowa v. Gregory Antwone...
FAA Preempts Iowa’s Arbitration-Specific “Prejudice” Waiver Test: Waiver of Arbitration Governed by Ordinary Contract Principles Introduction Leroy Eldon Cole v. Southeast Iowa Orthopaedics and...
Iowa Rejects a Judicially Created Prison-Mailbox Rule for Postconviction Relief: “Filed” Means Received by the Clerk (or EDMS) Case: Norman Wayne Davis IV v. State of Iowa (Iowa Supreme Court, May 8,...
Mandatory Post-Termination Guardianship Transfer to HHS Under Iowa Code § 232.117(3)(a) Absent Waiver; Foster Parents Not “Fictive Kin” Without a Pre-Removal Relationship Case: In the Interest of...
Iowa Elective Share Limited to Revocable Trusts—Assets Held by a Panamanian Private Interest Foundation Are Excluded Case: In the Matter of the Estate of James Edwin Ibeling (Iowa Sup. Ct. May 1,...
Strict Naming Requirement for “Illegal Votes” Election Contests: No List, No Jurisdiction I. Introduction In re Election Contest of Highland School Bond Referendum (Iowa May 1, 2026) addresses a...
Standing Bar for Non-Vesting Contingent Charitable Beneficiaries in Iowa Probate Litigation 1. Introduction Case: In the matter of the Estate of Herman Carl Stille (Iowa Supreme Court, May 1, 2026)....
Iowa Code § 670.4A Does Not Bar Common-Law Police-Shooting Torts; Federal Harlow Qualified-Immunity Rulings Do Not Preclude Iowa Tort Claims 1. Introduction This Iowa Supreme Court decision arises...
Judicial Review of Brady-Giglio List Placement Is Constitutional in Iowa Introduction In Bart Richmond v. Jefferson County Attorney, the Supreme Court of Iowa addressed whether Iowa Code § 80F.1(25),...
Vested Development Rights in Iowa Require Governmental Approval (Not Mere Pre-Ordination Expenditures in Unzoned Areas) Introduction Worthwhile Wind, LLC v. Worth County Board of Supervisors (Iowa...
Cover Without the Breaching Seller: Iowa Clarifies Reasonable Cover and Mitigation Under Iowa Code § 554.2712 1. Introduction CMT Highway, LLC (manufacturer of dowel baskets, tie bars, and related...