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| Decisions |
Bob Rush |
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| Georgia v. United States, 411 U.S. 526, (1973) |
| Held the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was
constitutional. |
| U.S. v. Kenneth Johnson, 751 F. 2d 291
(8th Cir. 1984) |
| Appointed by 8th Circuit to represent
defendant on post conviction relief. |
| Zahn v. Iowa Mfg. Co. of C.R., 740 F.
2d 669 (8th Cir. 1984) |
| Successful representation of the Machinists
Union in wrongful termination/failure to represent case. |
| State v. Jacoby, 260 N.W. 2d 828 (Iowa
1977) |
| First Degree murder trial |
| Walles v. International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, 252 N.W.2d 701 (1977) |
| A former employee's wrongful
discharge claim against an employer and labor unions
was preempted by the National Labor Relations Act where
the allegations in his petition reasonably charged that
a "closed shop" agreement existed. |
| Rush v. Ray, 332 N.W. 2d 325 (Iowa 1983) |
| Recognized public interest
exception to the mootness doctrine. |
| Rush v. Ray, 332 N.W. 2d 325
(Iowa 1983) |
| Recognized public interest
exception to the mootness doctrine. |
| Nelson v. Restaurants of Iowa,
Inc., 338 N.W.2d 881 (1983) |
| A restaurant's motion to
strike plaintiff's claim for exemplary damages was properly
sustained because exemplary damages were not recoverable
under the Iowa Dramshop Act. |
| Ferree v. Board of Education,
338 N.W.2d 870 (1983) |
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| Evjen v. Brooks, 372 N.W.2d
494 (1985) |
| In a wrongful death case,
the judgment was reversed because the district court
applied an erroneous standard of law under the dram-shop
statute to determine the possibility of a corporation's
claim against an estate for indemnity or contribution. |
| Rush v. Ray, 362 N.W. 2d 479
(Iowa 1985) |
| Item veto by governor found
to be unconstitutional. |
| Wright v. Scott, 410 N.W.
2d 247 (Iowa 1987) |
| Affirmed the Iowa rule that
an oral settlement agreement is enforceable. |
| Moody v. Van Wechel, 402 N.W.
2d 752 (Iowa 1987) |
| Farm land water dispute |
| Beachel v. Long, 420 N.W.2d
482 (1988) |
| The deposition of an expert
for the injured party was properly admitted at trial
when the tortfeasors were notified that the expert would
not be available for trial and were present at the evidentiary
deposition. |
| Morrison v. Century Engineering,
434 N.W. 2d 874 (Iowa 1989) |
| Determined Iowa rule regarding
physician patient privilege in workers’ compensation
cases |
| Loftsgard v. Dorrian, 476
N.W.2d 730 (1991) |
| Parents were not entitled
to loss of consortium award in the wrongful death action
of their adult son. The administrator was entitled to
the entire amount of medical expenses because decedent's
insurance carrier was to receive subrogation. |
| Bartlett v. Chebuhar, 479
N.W. 2d (Iowa 1992) |
| Determined golfers owe a
duty to others on the course |
| Ciha v. Irons, 509 N.W.2d
492 (1993) |
| Provisions in insurance
policies excluding from underinsured motorist coverage
injuries sustained while operating an automobile owned
by insured but not insured under policy were valid. |
| Gerace v. 3-D Mfg. Co., 522
N.W.2d 312 (1994) |
| A J.N.O.V. was properly
entered in favor of the corporation president and fabrication
manager because there was no substantial evidence that
showed they were grossly negligent regarding the belt
mover that injured the father. |
| Matthess v. State Farm Mut.
Auto. Ins. Co., 521 N.W.2d 699 (1994) |
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| Ramsbacher v. State Farm Mut.
Auto. Ins. Co., 531 N.W.2d 475 (1995) |
| A trial court erred in awarding
underinsured motorist benefits to an insured because
the insured had already been fully compensated for her
injuries. |
| Quaker Oats Co. v. Ciha, 552
N.W.2d 143 (1996) |
| A supervisor who was on
call during a holiday weekend and was injured in accident
returning from being called to the plant was on employer's "special
errand" and was entitled to worker's compensation
benefits. |
| Heick v. Bacon, 561 N.W.2d
45 (1997) |
| The joint enterprise theory
did not apply unless the driver and passenger were carrying
on a common enterprise and it further appeared that the
passenger had the right to control the operation of the
vehicle used to carry out the common purpose. |
| Diggan v. Cycle Sat, 576 N.W.2d
99 (1998) |
| Stated that a nonexclusive
license for the use of software could be granted orally
or implied from conduct. |
| McIlravy v. North River Ins.
Co., October 9, 2002 |
| Filed, NO DECISION HAS BEEN
MADE ON PUBLICATION OF THIS OPINION. Where employee was
injured while at work, insurers denied workers' compensation
benefits, commission awarded benefits, and employee sued
insurers for bad faith refusal, trial court erred by
ruling for insurers on reasonable basis determination. |
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