JURIST
JANUARY 1, 2021
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday that plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages from the state when a law enforcement officer uses excessive force. The Iowa Tort Claims Act (ITCA) prohibits an award of punitive damages against the state. Jensen had a gun at the scene and Officer Spece knew of his condition.
Above The Law
MAY 18, 2022
While it is hard to beat learning torts in pajamas, law students still prefer the real thing. Iowa law mandates ethanol increase in fuel. * Focus, Gov: Hawaii law prevents Governor from moonlighting for Uber as a side gig. Star Advertiser ]. More ethanol in Des Moines, please! Times Republican ]. *
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JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
For torts scholars, it has been a bonanza of interesting issues touching on every element of defamation law. Nunes will be allowed to litigate his claim that Lizza defamed him by claiming that he secretly moved his farm from California to Iowa and linked the move to the alleged use of undocumented labor.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. See Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, Memorandum 4 (Dec. 2, 2014). [22]
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 6, 2021
We have previously discussed animal liability in torts. It is often said the every dog gets one free bite in American torts. However, the “one free bite rule” is a commonly misunderstood torts doctrine — suggesting that you are not subject to strict liability until after the first time your dog bites someone.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 14, 2024
The study looks at a statement made by Iowa State University with all evaluations: Student evaluations of teaching play an important role in the review of faculty. My Torts students just submitted their evaluations. First is the decision of individual professors in issuing this type of warning rather than the university as a whole.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
On May 24, 2021, the mandate issued for the Second Circuit’s judgment affirming dismissal of New York City’s tort law-based case against fossil fuel companies. Army Corps of Engineers actions in connection with approvals for a 101-mile high-voltage transmission line running from Iowa to a substation in Wisconsin. Chevron Corp.
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