Iowa Court of Appeals News

Iowa Court Upholds Woman’s $4.9M Verdict From Icy Sidewalk Fall

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a $4.9 million jury verdict awarded to a Texas woman after she fell outside a hotel on an icy sidewalk. The court in its ruling last week rejected arguments by Marriott International that …

Damages Denied in Iowa Whistleblower Case

A former Lee County, maintenance supervisor cannot collect $186,000 in damages a jury awarded him for being fired by the county supervisors, the Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled. A three-member panel of the court, in a 2-1 decision issued …

‘Storm’ or Not? Iowa Appeals Court Decides in Mall Lawsuit

The Iowa Court of Appeals on Feb. 5 weighed into the murky issue of how to define a storm in Iowa when it ruled that a Cedar Falls mall wasn’t at fault for a woman who fell in its parking …