Iowa Employee Leasing Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Iowa or Court of Appeals of Iowa where the terms employee leasing has been mentioned. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Bryant v. American Express Financial Advisors Inc. - 6/3/1999
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Crawford County, Richard J. Vipond, Judge.
Appeal from district court order compelling arbitration. AFFIRMED.
Considered by McGiverin, C.J., and Larson, Carter, Snell, and Ternus, JJ....
BRYANT v. AMERICAN EXPRESS FINANCIAL ADVISORS - 6/3/1999
Sherman Bryant appeals from a district court order compelling arbitration of his claims against American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. We affirm.
I.The Facts.
Bryant was a sales representative for IDS Financial Services...
Chiavetta v. Iowa Board of Nursing and - 6/3/1999
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, George Bergeson, Judge.
Nurse challenges dismissal of action for damages under Iowa Civil Rights Act. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.
Considered by...
CHIAVETTA v. IOWA BOARD OF NURSING - 6/3/1999
Appellant, Frank Chiavetta, claims he suffered gender discrimination at the hands of the Iowa Board of Nursing. The principal question on appeal is whether his suit for damages may be brought under [595 NW2d Page 800]
Iowa Code...
Ritz v. Wapello County Board of Supervisors - 6/3/1999
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Wapello County, Dan F. Morrison, Judge.
Terminated employee appeals from the dismissal of a petition alleging violation of the Iowa Civil Rights Act and federal Family and Medical Leave...
WILLIAMSON v. FANSTEEL - 6/3/1999
Petitioner, Douglas Williamson, appeals from the district court's decision affirming the Iowa Industrial Commissioner in a review-reopening proceeding. Williamson applied for additional permanent partial disability benefits. Upon...
BRANSON v. MUNICIPAL FIRE & POLICE RET. SYS. - 3/24/1999
The question here is whether a former firefighter, Steven G. Branson, may receive accidental disability retirement benefits under Iowa Code chapter 411 (1995) for an ongoing, cumulative knee injury which developed during the course of...
Vincent v. Four M Paper Corp. - 2/17/1999
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Lee County, John G. Linn, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from judgment entered for defendant on disability discrimination claim under the Iowa Civil Rights Act. AFFIRMED.
Plaintiff appeals...
In re Marriage of Laura Lee Carr - 2/17/1999
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Robert J. Blink, Judge.
Father appeals from district court's determination of the amount to be withheld from his workers' compensation settlement for application to his child...
IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF CARR AND PARR - 2/17/1999
Lex Bradford Parr appeals from the district court's determination of the amount to [591 NW2d Page 628]
be withheld from his workers' compensation settlement for application to his child support obligation. The issue is what...
Prudential Insurance Co. v. Martinson - 2/17/1999
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Winneshiek County, James L. Beeghly, Judge.
Named insureds under auto policy appeal from declaratory judgment that policy's underinsured motorist coverage and medical payment coverage do...
Wilson v. IBP Inc. - 2/17/1999
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pottawattamie County, James M. Richardson, Judge.
Appeal from judgment allowing interest on punitive damages under Iowa Code sections 535.3 and 625.21 (1997). AFFIRMED.
Considered en...
WILSON v. IBP - 2/17/1999
This case presents a very narrow issue: Do punitive damages accrue interest from the date of a jury's verdict or from some later date. The district court opted for the earliest date, and the defendants appealed. We affirm.
I....
PRUDENTIAL INS. COMP. OF AMERICA v. MARTINSON - 2/17/1999
Kathleen Martinson, as plaintiff seeking loss-of-consortium recovery and as guardian of Stephen Martinson seeking damages for personal injuries, appeals from a declaratory judgment that the underinsured motorist coverage and medical...
Weinzetl v. Ruan Single Source Transportation Co. - 11/30/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dickinson County, Charles H. Barlow, Judge.
Plaintiffs appeal from a district court ruling granting a summary judgment in favor of defendant on their claim that defendant discharged them in...
WEINZETL v. RUAN SINGLE SOURCE TRANSP. CO. - 11/30/1998
Clell Weinzetl and Kelly Schubert appeal from a district court ruling granting a summary judgment in favor of Single Source Transportation on their claim that SST discharged them in retaliation for seeking workers' compensation....
Wetter v. Dubuque Aerie No. 568 of Fraternal Order of Eagles - 11/30/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County, John Bauercamper, Judge.
Kim Wetter appeals from the district court's ruling dismissing her action against the defendant involving claims of sex discrimination regarding her...
WETTER v. DUBUQUE AERIE 568 FR. O. E. - 11/30/1998
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
Kim Wetter was formerly employed as a bartender at the Dubuque Aerie No. 568 of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles. Wetter claims she resigned as an Eagles'...
Bennett v. MC #619 - 11/25/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Cerro Gordo County, John S. Mackey, Judge.
Appeal and cross-appeal from district court rulings on summary judgment motions. AFFIRMED ON APPEAL AND CROSS-APPEAL; REMANDED.
Todd Bennett...
BENNETT v. MC # 619 - 11/25/1998
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Todd Bennett filed suit against the defendants, MC # 619, Inc. (MC) and CRW # 644, Inc. (CRW), claiming they were liable as successor corporations for an unpaid judgment on his employment discrimination claim....
Zepeda v. Fort Des Moines Men's Correctional Facility - 11/25/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Robert J. Blink, Judge.
Appeal from judgment for defendant in civil rights claim of employment discrimination. AFFIRMED.
This is a statutory claim of discrimination under...
ZEPEDA v. FORT DES MOINES MEN'S CORR. FAC. - 11/25/1998
This is a statutory claim of discrimination under the Iowa civil rights Act, Iowa Code chapter 216 (1995). Although the trial court based its judgment for defendant on several grounds, we choose to consider only one. We rest our...
GOUGE v. MCNAMARA - 9/30/1998
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Pete Gouge appeals from the district court's refusal to reform or rescind a settlement agreement he signed obligating him individually, rather than his corporation, to pay benefits to an injured employee. He...
Teachout v. Forest City Community School District - 9/23/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Winnebago County, John S. Mackey, Judge.
Terminated employee appeals adverse summary judgment ruling in her wrongful discharge case. AFFIRMED.
Appellant, Christine Teachout, brought...
Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission - 9/23/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Buchanan County, Lawrence H. Fautsch, Judge.
Governing body of county appeals from district court judgment upholding civil rights commission's finding that the county had discriminated...
TEACHOUT v. FOREST CITY COMMUN. SCH. DIST. - 9/23/1998
Appellant, Christine Teachout, brought suit against her employer, appellee, Forest City Community School District, alleging she had been terminated from her position as a teaching assistant in retaliation for her attempts to report...
BOARD OF SUP. OF BUCHANAN v. CIV. RIGHTS - 9/23/1998
The Board of Supervisors of Buchanan County, as a former employer of Alice J. Peyton, appeal from a district court order upholding the finding of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission that the county had discriminated against Peyton based...
Midwest Home Distributor Inc. v. Domco Industries Ltd. - 9/23/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, William R. Eads, Judge.
Floor covering manufacturer appeals from jury verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages against it and in favor of a former distributor....
MIDWEST HOME DISTRIBUTOR v. DOMCO INDUS. - 9/23/1998
A floor covering distributor sued a floor covering manufacturer for damages arising out of a distributor relationship between the two. The jury awarded the distributor compensatory damages on multiple theories of recovery and punitive...
City of Sioux City v. Iowa Department of Commerce - 9/23/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Woodbury County, Gary E. Wenell, Judge.
City appeals from judicial review and affirmance by the district court of dismissal by an administrative law Judge for the City's failure to appear....
Tullis v. Merrill - 9/23/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Monroe County, Phillip R. Collett, Judge.
Employer challenges judgment for employee in action for unpaid wages and retaliatory discharge. AFFIRMED.
This case centers on a dispute...
CITY OF SIOUX CITY - 9/23/1998
The City of Sioux City challenges the authority of the Iowa Department of Commerce, Alcoholic Beverages Division, to promulgate a regulation permitting entry of a default judgment against a party failing to appear at a contested case...
Sievers v. Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. - 7/29/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Clinton County, James E. Kelley and David H. Sivright, Jr., Judges.
Plaintiff appeals from summary judgment ruling in favor of her former employer on her claim under the Family Medical...
SIEVERS v. IOWA MUT. INS. CO. - 7/29/1998
The plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment ruling on her claim against a former employer under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). She also appeals from a jury verdict on her claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act...
In re Sybers - 7/29/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Webster County, Dale E. Ruigh, Judge.
Challenge to disinterment order issued pursuant to Iowa Code section 144.34 (1993). REVERSED.
This appeal concerns a petition for disinterment...
SAMPSON v. AMERICAN STANDARD INS. CO. - 7/29/1998
Plaintiff Veronica Sampson appeals the district court's ruling entering partial summary judgment in favor of defendant American Standard Insurance Company (American Standard) and dismissing her first-party bad faith claim for failure...
MATTER OF SYBERS - 7/29/1998
This appeal concerns a petition for disinterment brought by the State of Florida to search for evidence supporting its theory that Dr. William Sybers murdered his wife, Kay Sybers, by injecting potassium into her veins. Adamantly...
Bell v. Community Ambulance Service Agency for Northern Des Moines County - 5/28/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, John G. Linn, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from the granting of defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. AFFIRMED.
Considered by Harris, P.J., and...
BELL v. COMMUN. AMBULANCE SERV. AGENCY - 5/28/1998
This appeal by plaintiff raises the legal question as to the standard of care applicable in the operation of an ambulance responding in an emergency situation. The trial court instructed the jury that for plaintiff to establish fault,...
Bell v. Community Ambulance Service Agenty for Northern Des Moines County - 5/28/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Des Moines County, John G. Linn, Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from the granting of defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. AFFIRMED.
This appeal by plaintiff raises...
Bailey v. Batchelder - 3/25/1998
Employee suing co-employee in tort appeals ruling that workers' compensation statute provides sole remedy and resulting dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Iowa Code ch. 85 (1993). AFFIRMED.
In this negligence...
Fuller v. Iowa Department of Human Services - 3/25/1998
Appeal from district court's Judgement in favor of defendant and dismissing plaintiff's disability discrimination claim. AFFIRMED.
In this case, the controlling issue is whether the district court properly dismissed...
FULLER v. IOWA DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES - 3/25/1998
In this case, the controlling issue is whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiff-employee's disability discrimination petition based on its finding that plaintiff was not permanently disabled.
We affirm.
I....
Sherman v. Pella Corp. - 3/25/1998
Claimant appeals award of workers' compensation benefits for scheduled injury under Iowa Code section 85.34(2) (1995). AFFIRMED.
Sharon Sherman appeals from a district court order affirming the industrial commissioner's award for...
Penn v. Iowa State Board of Regents - 3/25/1998
Filed
The plaintiff appeals from the grant of summary Judgement to the defendants. AFFIRMED AS TO THE UNIVERSITY DEFENDANTS. AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED AS TO DEFENDANT COLE.
The plaintiff, a former...
PENN v. IOWA STATE BD. OF REGENTS - 3/25/1998
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[577 NW2d Page 396]
The plaintiff, a former university professor, appeals from the summary judgment rulings dismissing his separate lawsuits against a former student and various university defendants....
Clay v. City of Cedar Rapids - 2/25/1998
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Linn County, Lynne E. Brady, Judge.
Defendants appeal a district court order only partially affirming disciplinary rulings made by the Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission concerning...
In re Marriage of Bell - 1/28/1998
Gary Bell appeals from the economic provisions of the district court's dissolution decree. AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.
Gary Bell appeals from the economic provisions of the district court's dissolution decree. He claims the trial court...
MARRIAGE OF BELL - 1/28/1998
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[576 NW2d Page 621]
Gary Bell appeals from the economic provisions of the district court's dissolution decree. He claims the trial court erred in requiring him to pay alimony following his retirement and...
Graves v. O'Hara - 1/28/1998
Defendants appeal the Judgement entered against them in a wrongful discharge case. REVERSED.
Gloria and Donald O'Hara d/b/a O'Hara Trucking appeal an adverse jury verdict and resulting Judgement in a wrongful discharge claim...
BEARSHIELD v. JOHN MORRELL & CO. - 11/26/1997
Appellant Carol Bearshield sued her employer, appellee John Morrell & Co., claiming disability discrimination. In granting John Morrell's motion for summary judgment, the district ruled, as a matter of law, that Bearshield was not...
DARROW v. QUAKER OATS CO. - 11/26/1997
The narrow question on appeal is whether a worker's involuntary mental commitment tolls the two-year statute of limitation for filing a workers' compensation claim under Iowa Code section 85.26(1) (1995). Like the district court — and...
MURILLO v. BLACKHAWK FOUNDRY - 11/26/1997
We granted further review in this workers' compensation case in which the industrial commissioner awarded disability due to a work-related injury. A pivotal question is whether in fixing the extent of the employee's industrial...
GEORGE A. HORMEL & CO. v. JORDAN - 9/17/1997
This workers' compensation case involves a laborer who never missed a day of work but over time suffered a cumulative shoulder injury for which he ultimately recovered permanent partial disability benefits for a twenty percent...
IOWA SUPREME COURT BD. v. MILLER - 9/17/1997
The Grievance Commission of this court has filed its findings and recommendations for sanctions in this attorney disciplinary case involving the respondent, Marcia A. Miller. On our de novo review under Court Rule 118.10, we agree with...
WOOLDRIDGE v. CENTRAL UNITED LIFE INS. - 6/18/1997
Defendant, Central United Life Insurance Company (Central United), appeals from an adverse judgment in an action brought by Jerry E. Wooldridge, who had been terminated as president of the company. That action, Woodbury County No....
DECATUR COUNTY v. PERB - 6/18/1997
This case presents a novel challenge to a routine administrative determination by the public employment relations board (PERB). The suit concerns whether a proposal for employee benefits is a mandatory subject of bargaining under Iowa...
Falczynski v. Amoco Oil Co. - 5/29/1997
Plaintiff appeals from the trial court order dismissing her disability discrimination claims under Iowa Code chapter 601A and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. AFFIRMED.
Appellant Danuta Falczynski, a former employee of appellee...
PREWITT v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. - 4/30/1997
The issue presented in this appeal is whether the Industrial Commissioner correctly found a claimant sustained a scheduled loss based on an impingement syndrome injury to his right shoulder followed by treatment which included a...
WATERHOUSE WATER COND. v. WATERHOUSE - 3/26/1997
An employer and its insurer appeal the district court's judicial review ruling upholding the industrial commissioner's award of workers' compensation benefits to the surviving spouse and child of an employee who was killed in an...
SCHOENFELD v. FDL FOODS - 3/26/1997
Francis A. Schoenfeld injured his knee while working at FDL Foods, Inc. The deputy industrial commissioner (Deputy) awarded him healing period benefits, permanent partial disability benefits, and payment of medical expenses. The...
ALDERSON v. ROCKWELL INTERN. CORP. - 3/26/1997
These forty-three plaintiffs, former employees of Rockwell International's Cedar Rapids plant, were discharged in 1989 as a part of a company layoff. The plaintiffs sued Rockwell, claiming that at the time of their hiring Rockwell...
STATE v. IOWA PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT - 3/26/1997
This is a public employee bargaining case under Iowa Code chapter 20 (1991). The issue is whether state park rangers are to be excluded from a bargaining unit on the ground that they are "supervisory" employees under Iowa Code section...
SMITH v. DES MOINES CIVIL SERVICE COM'N - 3/26/1997
The appellant, Jerry O. Smith, a captain on the Des Moines Fire Department, challenged his July 18, 1994 discharge by appeal to the Des Moines Civil Service Commission (the commission). The City of Des Moines (the city) challenged the...
BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE v. ACCORDINO - 3/26/1997
This appeal involves a routine workers' compensation case made unnecessarily complex by the district court's refusal to adjudicate the controversy on its merits. We reverse and remand to the district court for the judicial review...
MATTER OF ESTATE OF RENWANZ - 3/26/1997
Our inquiry in this case is whether an executor is required by statute to mail notice of probate to a creditor who has actual knowledge of the probate proceedings. We hold that mailed notice is required. We reverse and remand.
I....
BUTTS v. U. OF OSTEOPATHIC MED. & HEALTH - 2/26/1997
Beth Irene Butts appeals from an adverse ruling on the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Science's (University) motion for summary judgment resulting in dismissal of her wrongful discharge and intentional infliction of...
THOMPSON v. U.S. FIDELITY AND GUAR. CO. - 2/19/1997
In October 1991 Kirby Thompson fell two stories from the roof of a building and landed on a cement floor, severely breaking both arms. At that time, he was employed by McKiness General Contractors. United States Fidelity and Guaranty...
IOWA SUPREME COURT BD. v. GILLIAM - 2/19/1997
We must determine whether respondent William H. Gilliam's handling of his client trust account violated the Iowa Code of Professional Responsibility for Lawyers (Code), and, if so, whether the discipline recommended by our Grievance...
WILSON v. IBP - 12/18/1996
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[558 NW2d Page 135]
This appeal arises from an order of the district court requiring remittitur of all but $100,000 of a $15 million punitive damage award, or in the alternative, granting a new trial on...
ASPELMEIER - 12/18/1996
Allied Group Insurance Company (Allied) appeals from a judgment making it responsible for a share of the attorney fees incurred by its insured, Kathleen M. Little, in prior litigation. That litigation produced a recovery by Little of...
CHRISTENSEN v. SNAP-ON TOOLS CORP. - 9/18/1996
This case comes to us on review of a district court proceeding reversing in part and affirming in part a decision of the industrial commissioner in a workers' compensation case. Snap-On Tools Corporation, the employer, has appealed,...
SMITH v. CRST INTERN. - 9/18/1996
The overall issue in the present appeal is whether an employee injured in a motor vehicle (tractor-trailer) accident can recover civil damages under Iowa Code section 321.493 (1991) from the non-employer owner of the motor vehicle and...
CITY OF HAMPTON v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COM'N - 9/18/1996
Dorothy Abbas, a Hampton city employee, filed complaints with the Civil Rights Commission charging sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of Iowa Code chapter 601A (1987). The commission awarded her damages, and the district...
HARBIT v. VOSS PETROLEUM - 9/18/1996
Plaintiff Thomas Harbit alleges he was fired from his job with Mustang Markets, a convenience store, in retaliation for reporting the sexual harassment of employees by a store manager. He filed this suit against those he alleged to be...
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