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| Moody v. Christiansen, 306 N.W.2d 775
(Iowa 1981) |
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| Weaver v. Nash International, Inc., 730 F.2d 547 (Iowa
1984) |
| While a purchasing corporation
carried on the general business operations of the selling
corporation, it was not liable for the selling corporation's
liabilities because it carried on the business as a
distinct and separate corporate entity. |
| In re Marriage of Curfman, 446 N.W.2d
88 (Iowa App. 1985) |
| The court affirmed the alimony award
in all respects except to modify it to provide an additional
condition for termination. It shall terminate at the
time the party commences to receive pension benefits. |
| Miller v. Eichhorn, 426 N.W.2d 641 (Iowa
App. 1988) |
| Although a jury as trier
of fact was not warranted in arbitrarily or capriciously
rejecting the testimony of a witness, neither was it
required to accept and give effect to testimony which
it found to be unreliable, although it was uncontradicted. |
| McDonald v. Delhi Sav. Bank, 440 N.W.2d
839 (Iowa 1989) |
| Bank did not have a claim
for contribution from purchasers in action by seller
for bank's extinguishing of sellers' interest in real
estate because the bank and the purchasers did not
share any common liability to the sellers. |
| Coker v. Abell-Howe Co.,
491 N.W.2d 143 (Iowa 1993) |
| Because the trial court's
giving of jury instructions on both the employee's
negligence and his assumption of risk unduly emphasized
the employee's allegedly negligent acts, it was therefore
prejudicial error. |
| J.M. Grimstad, Inc. v. ScanGraphics, Inc., 539 N.W.2d
732 (Iowa App 1995) |
| Lessor was not entitled
to recover unpaid rents after lessee terminated payments
because lessor did not use reasonable diligence in
finding a new tenant. Prospective tenant's serious
interest required lessor to do more than wait for further
inquiry. |
| Duncan v. City of Cedar
Rapids, 560 N.W.2d 320 (Iowa 1997) |
| An instruction on a common
carrier's duty to its passengers was not warranted
when there was no evidence that the injured party was
on the bus at the time of the incident. |
| Dubach v. Weitzel, 135 F.3d
590 (Iowa 1997) |
| A shareholder's complaint
against fellow shareholders for securities law violations
was dismissed because the corporate certificate of
deposit they pledged for personal loans was not a security
under federal securities laws. |
| Crookham v. Riley, 584 N.W.2d
258 (Iowa 1998) |
| Jury verdict that awarded
defendant law firm damages for breach of contingency
contract was properly set aside where the general verdict
was in irreconcilable conflict with special verdict
that found defendant was negligent in performing services. |
| Tom Riley Law Firm, P.C.
v. Glass, 620 N.W.2d 252 (Iowa 2000) |
| Perfected appeal would
have been fruitless, and law firm's negligence did
not damage clients. Firm's services resulted in recovery
of damages to which clients were entitled; thus judgment
for attorney fees was affirmed. |
| Schmidt v. Iowa County,
2001 Iowa App. LEXIS 645 (October 24, 2001) |
| In trustee's action against
county, deputy, and prosecutor, court properly granted
summary judgment and dismissed trustee's claim that
his arrest and prosecution wrongfully deprived him
of liberty and damaged his character and reputation. |
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