Many people like having large, mature trees on their property. Trees look nice, they create shade, and they add a little nature to urban communities. But have you ever thought about the potential liability that the trees on your property could cause?

Bed rails in nursing facilities can be as dangerous as they are helpful. Particularly for older, confused, or frail nursing home residents, injuries or death caused by bed rails frequently happen.

The FMLA includes more than just provisions for employee medical leave. The FMLA also governs what an employer must do when an employee returns from FMLA-covered leave. In most instances, an employer is legally obligated to reinstate an employee who returns from FMLA leave.

It is not uncommon for an insurance policy to have an appraisal provision to resolve such disputes in lieu of more expensive and time-consuming legal action. An appraisal is a supplementary arrangement to arrive at a resolution of a dispute without a formal lawsuit. Provisions for appraisal of an insurance loss, whether under policy terms or pursuant to independent agreement, are valid and binding on the parties. 

Federal disability discrimination law has been rapidly evolving. We review an Iowa Supreme Court decision that begins the process of similarly expanding Iowa’s disability discrimination law.

A claim is available for certain types of privacy invasions. A person found liable for invading someone else's privacy can be made to pay compensatory damages for emotional distress and even punitive damages.

Not all vehicle owners comply with Iowa's financial responsibility law, which requires liability insurance of a certain amount for all motor vehicles. If you're in an accident with an uninsured vehicle, there may be no money available to pay monetary compensation unless the vehicle owner has sufficient assets to cover the damages. Otherwise, your only possible recovery will be through the uninsured motor vehicle coverage on your vehicle.

Many insurance policies include a provision that requires the insured to provide timely notice of the possible claim to the insurance company. When such a notice provision is written as a condition precedent to policy coverage, the insured must show substantial compliance with the notice requirement.

A few entire classes of employees are not covered by the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. One example of such employees are certain workers for employers that are governed by the federal Motor Carrier Act of 1935

A workers’ compensation claim may not be your only possible legal claim after a workplace injury. Learn about the other legal rights that you may have.