28 results for 'judge:"Langholz"'.
J. Langholz finds that a doctor was improperly found liable for medical malpractice following an episiotomy performed during the birth of plaintiff's first child because the lower court improperly allowed information about suture sizes to be presented to the jury absent expert evidence supporting causation for that theory. Reversed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 22-2048, Categories: Experts, Medical Malpractice
J. Langholz finds that the lower court properly dismissed contract claims in which investors allege defective construction of a commercial and residential development because the contract was void for having "only one party." Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: May 8, 2024, Case #: 23-0236, Categories: Construction, Contract
J. Langholz finds that a mother's petition to terminate the father's parental rights was properly denied because mental health treatment being administered to the father at the relevant time precluded him from maintaining contact with his son. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: April 24, 2024, Case #: 23-0953, Categories: Family Law
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J. Langholz finds that the lower court properly dismissed premises liability claims brought against the host of a party where plaintiff had been stabbed because the host had no duty to prevent another guest from stabbing plaintiff during the social event. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 23-0596, Categories: Premises Liability
J. Langholz finds that plaintiff's coworker was properly granted summary judgment in gross negligence claims brought after the coworker turned on a rebar cutting machine while plaintiff's hand was inside the device because plaintiff failed to prove gross rather than mere negligence, as his coworker turned on the machine without understanding the possibility of injury. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 23-0289, Categories: Negligence
J. Langholz finds that a mother was properly granted physical care of the parties' child in a dissolution of marriage because the father accepted placement during trial and failed to preserve error on his subsequent challenge. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 23-0850, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that an insurer was improperly granted summary judgment in claims seeking coverage for damage sustained to plaintiff's home due to a derecho because plaintiff's claims are ripe for litigation since he was an intended third-party beneficiary under the insurance contract. Reversed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: April 10, 2024, Case #: 23-0157, Categories: Insurance
J. Langholz finds that a child was properly placed in the joint physical care of her parents with a shared parenting schedule because the change accommodated the child's new school schedule. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: March 27, 2024, Case #: 23-1103, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a child was properly placed in the mother's physical care following a custody dispute because the father failed to demonstrate the child's defiant behavior constituted a change of circumstances. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: March 6, 2024, Case #: 23-0818, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that property owners were properly ordered to demolish a building on their residential lot because they failed to obtain building approval from the subdivision building committee and failed comply with other restrictive covenants governing design and placement. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: March 6, 2024, Case #: 23-0448, Categories: Property
J. Langholz finds that a child was properly placed in the father's physical care in a custody modification because the mother often withheld visitation and made multiple unfounded accusations of child abuse against the father. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: February 7, 2024, Case #: 23-0593, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a farmer was bound to pay contract price in a dispute over a manure purchase because the contract stipulated the product price was based on the commercial fertilizer rate of a cooperative to which the farmer belonged. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: February 7, 2024, Case #: 23-0677, Categories: Contract
J. Langholz finds that the beneficiary of a trust should have been granted proceeds because the trust expressly stated intent to limit distribution of the estate to the named beneficiaries rather than the children of deceased beneficiaries. Reversed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: January 24, 2024, Case #: 23-0038, Categories: Wills / Probate
J. Langholz finds that a mother was properly granted physical care of the child in a dissolution of marriage because the father had a long history of substance abuse and had been charged with felony drug violations. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: January 24, 2024, Case #: 23-0109, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a father was properly denied a request to modify custody of the parties' children to award joint physical care because he could not co-parent with the mother, and he failed to demonstrate changed circumstances warranting modification. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: January 10, 2024, Case #: 23-0329, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a mother was properly granted modification awarding her physical care in this dissolution of marriage because the child benefited from remaining with his older half-sisters, and the mother used both spoken English and American Sign Language to accommodate her son's hearing disability. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: January 10, 2024, Case #: 23-0736, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a father's parental rights were properly terminated after he was convicted for getting the child's 15-year-old mother pregnant when he was her adult manager at a fast food restaurant. Meanwhile, the father was currently in prison on a federal drug charge. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: December 6, 2023, Case #: 23-1127, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a dissolution of marriage decree was properly modified to grant the mother physical care of the parties' child because the mother relocated and the father failed to involve her in important matters regarding their son. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: December 6, 2023, Case #: 23-0481, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that a quitclaim deed was properly invalidated for undue influence and lack of mental capacity to execute the deed because the property owner deeded half of her ownership of a hog farm to her friend after being diagnosed with dementia and experiencing forgetfulness. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: December 6, 2023, Case #: 22-1905, Categories: Property
J. Langholz finds that a husband and wife were improperly denied modification following dissolution of marriage because the wife's decision to move 300 miles away constituted a change of circumstances regarding child custody. Reversed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: November 21, 2023, Case #: 23-0627, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz find that a father's parental rights were properly terminated since he was in and out of jail and was abusive to the mother, and because he had not made direct contact with his daughter for more than eight years. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: November 8, 2023, Case #: 23-0007, Categories: Family Law
J. Langholz finds that an employee was improperly denied a petition to review and reopen in which she sought to obtain further workers' compensation benefits. The employee demonstrated an economic change in her condition since she had been laid off due to the closure of a plant that had accommodated her disability. Reversed.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Langholz, Filed On: October 25, 2023, Case #: 23-0018, Categories: Workers' Compensation