Iowa company and two executives are expected to plead guilty to selling tainted eggs that were responsible for a 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands and led to an unprecedented recall of 550 million eggs, according to court documents filed …
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. did not discriminate against an employee who claims she was denied a room to pump breast milk and pressured to resign on her first day back from maternity leave, a federal appeals court in Iowa has …
Iowa’s top insurance regulator is backing the University of Iowa in a dispute with the federal government over how much insurance the campus must carry after rebuilding from the 2008 flood. Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart has asked the Federal Emergency …
The Iowa egg producers blamed for a 2010 salmonella outbreak have settled a lawsuit brought by a California distributor that lost profits from the foodborne illnesses and the resulting product recalls, court records show. Quality Egg and Hillandale Farms reached …
Courts cannot award punitive damages to victims of workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the state Supreme Court ruled in a victory for employers. The court said lawmakers did not intend for punitive damages …
An Iowa City pharmacist will contest federal criminal charges alleging that he improperly filed insurance claims for expensive drugs needed to treat patients with hemophilia, his attorney said. Michael F. Stein made an initial appearance in federal court in Des …
A Texas company has been ordered to pay $240 million in damages to 32 mentally disabled workers who formerly worked at the company’s turkey processing plant in Iowa for what government lawyers described as decades of around-the-clock abuse on and …
Farmers who host educational tours for the public are not shielded from personal injury lawsuits under a law meant to promote recreation on private lands, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled. The owners of a dairy farm in northeast Iowa can …
A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of 41 cents per hour must pay the men $1.37 million in back wages, a federal judge has ruled. The judgment …
US Bank is rejecting allegations in a lawsuit that claims one of its employees helped Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russ Wasendorf Sr. mislead regulators about his misuse of customer funds. Wasendorf, the founder of the Iowa brokerage, has signed a …
