The Iowa Supreme Court issued an outstanding ruling this month supporting the rights of injured Iowa workers to obtain more than one healing period resultant from […]
In dram shop litigation, there is a defense of an injured passenger that can be asserted called Dram Shop Condonation. What this simply means is that […]
A question that is posed to us frequently is whether one family member can sue another family member who has negligently driven an automobile and caused […]
A question we, at the Beattie Law Firm, are frequently asked is whether insurance coverage exists for a family member injured by another family member driver […]
The issue of whether a passenger in a vehicular collision can be held comparatively at fault frequently arises. At first blush it seems almost comical to […]
In Iowa, insurance companies insuring employers in workers compensation cases can be liable in bad faith for wrongful conduct toward injured workers. More than 20 years […]
The Iowa Supreme Court recently decided the decision greatly benefiting injured workers by holding in Waldinger v. Mettler that an injured worker can receive additional benefits after the […]
Worker’s Compensation laws allow out-of-state workers (truckers) the right to be treated in their home state, if injured in the course of employment. This issue has […]
