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Insurance Appraisers May Determine the Cause of Loss

Posted on 10/31/2018 at 01:25 PM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Litigation & Trial Law, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: Commercial Litigation - Des Moines Iowa, denial of insurance coverage, Depositors Insurance Company, Iowa Supreme Court, Walnut Creek Townhome Association

In a case of first impression, Walnut Creek Townhome Association v. Depositors Insurance Company, the Iowa Supreme Court...

Dickinson attorneys recognized by Chambers USA as among best in Iowa

Posted on 05/09/2018 at 01:47 PM by The Newsroom

Categories: Banking Law, Ben Bruner, Bill Serangeli, David Repp, Dickinson Law News, Employment & Labor Law, Howard Hagen, Jeff Krausman, Jill Jensen-Welch, John Lande, Litigation & Trial Law, Melissa Schilling, Paul Tyler, Real Estate & Land Use, Rick Malm, Russ Samson, Tom Hanson

Tagged As: Iowa banking law, Iowa Corporate/M&A Law, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Litigation Law, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use

Chambers USA has given the Dickinson Law Firm five high rankings for practice areas in Iowa. Dickinson was re...

A Cautionary Tale to Banks: Avoiding a Civil Conspiracy During a Nonjudicial Voluntary Foreclosure

Posted on 12/06/2017 at 10:01 AM by William Reasoner

Categories: Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Litigation & Trial Law, Real Estate & Land Use, William Reasoner

Tagged As: banking in Iowa, bankruptcy, bankruptcy lawyers, banks, civil conspiracy, estate lawyer, estate planning, estate planning attorney, federal lawyers, find a lawyer, foreclosures, fraud, fraudulent conveyance, internet banking, Iowa banking, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa estate planning, Iowa real estate, Iowa Real Estate & Land Use, legal advice, litigation, litigation lawyer, local attorneys, nonjudicial voluntary foreclosure, online banking, probate, probate lawyer, property attorney, real estate attorney, real estate attorney near me, real estate lawyer, real estate lawyer near me, statutory redemption, trial attorney, trial law, trial lawyer

In an interesting case decided last November, the Iowa Court of Appeals held that transactions which occurred after a ju...

Judge correct in overturning jury verdict, when agreement too speculative to enforce

Posted on 11/02/2016 at 07:32 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Litigation & Trial Law, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: breach of contract, equitable claim, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa real estate law, motion for judgment, verdict

In every jury trial, after the verdict is rendered, the defendant should consider whether it is appropriate to ask the c...

No guardian ad litem is required for in rem proceedings

Posted on 11/02/2016 at 07:21 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Litigation & Trial Law, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: guardian, guardian ad litem, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa real estate, Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure

The City of Des Moines, after several inspections, brought an action to condemn a house and declare it a public nuisance...

Dismissal for want of prosecution is automatic, and reinstatement after six months is not possible

Posted on 11/02/2016 at 07:08 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Litigation & Trial Law, Mollie Pawlosky

Tagged As: Iowa Commercial Litigation

Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.944, “Uniform Rule for Dismissal for Want of Prosecution,” is designed to mov...

Defendants: Make sure you raise and prove your affirmative defenses

Posted on 07/01/2016 at 07:00 AM by Mollie Pawlosky

Categories: Commercial Litigation, Litigation & Trial Law, Mollie Pawlosky, Real Estate & Land Use

Tagged As: breach of contract, farm ownership, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa Court of Appeals decision, Iowa real estate, leasing farmland

In an opinion issued on June 29, 2016, the Iowa Court of Appeals emphasized that a defendant must both plead and prove a...

Another change to the (previous) 21-year limit on restrictive covenants in favor of homeowners' associations

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by William Stiles

Categories: Bill Stiles, Litigation & Trial Law, Real Estate & Land Use, Table SALT

Tagged As: Chipman v. Carney, enforceability of homeowners associations assessent rights covenants, homeowners associations, Iowa Commercial Litigation, Iowa real estate, Iowa Table SALT , restrictive covenants

The Iowa Legislature changed the result expressed in the Chipman case mentioned in my blog of March 1, 2012. Now, Senate...

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