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Iowa Court Of Appeals Opinions
January 19, 2012
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Summaries of most recent opinions.
No. 0-980 / 10-0679
       METABANK, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ESTATE OF EDWARD J. BOESEN, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. -------------------------------------------------------- MAUREEN A. BOESEN, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, vs. METABANK and ESTATE OF EDWARD J. BOESEN, Third Party Defendants.
No. 1-591 / 08-1793
       NAPOLEON HARTSFIELD, Applicant-Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-632 / 10-1919
       IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF JULIANNE R. SCHENKELBERG AND GARY W. SCHENKELBERG Upon the Petition of JULIANNE R. SCHENKELBERG, Petitioner-Appellant, And Concerning GARY W. SCHENKELBERG, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-633 / 10-1954
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. DAMEON DASHAWN TUCKER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-700 / 10-2050
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. DONALD CORTEZ GIBSON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-714 / 11-0314
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ETHEN EDDIE RICHARD AYERS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-742 / 10-1798
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JOSEPH KEITH PITTMAN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-745 / 10-1843
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. MICHAEL LOTHAR MAYTON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-765 / 11-0253
       MARION DURRAH, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. DUBUQUE HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, DAVID HARRIS in His Capacity as Director of the Assisted Housing Program, and CITY OF DUBUQUE, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 1-801 / 10-0766
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. LUIS LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-803 / 10-1186
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. BRENDA JEAN YAGGY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-814 / 11-0135
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. NATHANIEL JAMES HAIR, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-848 / 10-1340
       IN RE THE DETENTION OF JOHN ARNZEN III, JOHN ARNZEN III, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 1-851 / 10-1935
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. DURIUS ANTWAN DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-852 / 10-2093
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. HAYES ELBERT BAKER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-856 / 11-0094
       IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF KENNETH PULLEN, Deceased FRANKLIN PULLEN, JODIE PULLEN SMITH BENNETT, ALLAN SEARL, and SHEILA RUNYON WILCOXSON, Intervenors-Appellants.
No. 1-858 / 11-0183
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. KEITH ALLEN TATE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-864 / 11-0438
       GRACE COZAD, Petitioner-Appellee, vs. RUSSELL CORPORATION and AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE, Respondents-Appellants.
No. 1-873 / 11-0782
       CITY OF FOREST CITY, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. HOLLAND CONTRACTING CORPORATION and EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendants-Appellants. ---------------------------------------------------- HOLLAND CONTRACTING CORPORATION, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. JOHN FALLIS and WHKS & COMPANY, Third Party Defendants-Appellees.
No. 1-874 / 11-0784
       PRAIRIE RIDGE ADDICTION TREATMENT SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. SANDRA K. JACKSON and EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 1-875 / 11-0792
       BEN KREMENAK, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. STEINER CONSTRUCTION and GRINNELL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 1-876 / 11-0793
       MOTIF, LTD., d/b/a BO-JAMES, Petitioner-Appellee, vs. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 1-877 / 11-0836
       IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF BRUCE CRAIG TOWNE AND LAURIE JOANN TOWNE Upon the Petition of BRUCE CRAIG TOWNE, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning LAURIE JOANN TOWNE, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 1-878 / 11-0890
       TOMLINSON CANNON and UNITED FIRE & CASUALTY, Petitioners-Appellants, vs. ANTOINE WHITED, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-892 / 10-1378
       KIRK W. ROECKER, KRISTIN K. ROECKER, PALMER B. VOLKMANN and RUTH E. VOLKMANN, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. BRADLEY J. NELSON and JULI E. NELSON, Defendants-Appellants, and JULIANN E. NELSON, as Trustee of the WILLIAM Q. NORELIUS REVOCABLE TRUST, Proposed Intervenor-Appellant.
No. 1-896 / 11-0017
       IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF WAYNE CHARLES BENHART AND KEETAH TA BENHART Upon the Petition of WAYNE CHARLES BENHART, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning KEETAH TA BENHART, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 1-899 / 11-0264
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JEFFREY HENRY BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-900 / 11-0427
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. WILLIAM JACOB HUISMAN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-914 / 11-0999
       IN THE INTEREST OF S.D.S., Minor Child, A.B.S., Mother, Appellant, T.J.M., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-927 / 10-0223
       CURT N. DANIELS and INDIAN CREEK CORPORATION, Petitioners, vs. THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR LUCAS COUNTY, Respondent.
No. 1-928 / 10-0229
       WSH PROPERTIES, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. CURT N. DANIELS and INDIAN CREEK CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 1-929 / 10-2045
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ELIAS IBRAHIM ELIAS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-932 / 11-0347
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. CHARLES K. DANIELS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-934 / 11-0385
       MONICA ROUSE, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, vs. DURANT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT and/or BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE DURANT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.
No. 1-935 / 11-0389
       WILLIE HALL, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. EMPLOYMENT APPEAL BOARD, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-936 / 11-0436
       GENE GESSNER, INC. Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. NOVAK DESIGN GROUP, P.L.C., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 1-937 / 11-0490
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. ANTHONY EUGENE HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-941 / 11-0580
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. NICHOLAS BRIAN PLAEHN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-942 / 11-0630
       DEAN E. THORSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. ARNE HOYLAND a/k/a OLAF ARNE HOYLAND and MARIA G. HOYLAND, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 1-943 / 11-0689
       WILLIAM E. VENARD and KATHLEEN R. VENARD, Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. MIKE MARTIN and MFM ENTERPRISES, INC., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 1-946 / 11-0879
       FINLEY HOSPITAL, Petitioner-Appellant, vs. THERESA M. HOLLAND, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-949 / 11-1048
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. NANCY MICHELLE BOND, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-954 / 11-1653
       IN THE INTEREST OF R.L., A.R.-L., and A.R., Minor Children, K.L., Mother, Appellant, A.F.L., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-955 / 11-1796
       IN THE INTEREST OF V.A.W.D.H., Minor Child, V.K.H., Mother, Appellant.
No. 1-958 / 10-0383
       MARVIN HALSTEAD, Applicant-Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-961 / 11-0067
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. WILLIE JAMES WILDER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-962 / 11-0373
       MARIA FETTKETHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. RICHARD KASTER, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 1-965 / 11-0596
       JOSEPH EUGENE BROCKERT, Applicant-Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-968 / 11-0920
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. KEVIN PAUL HINES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-972 / 11-1151
       SHERRI S. ABARR, Petitioner-Appellee, And Concerning MICHAEL L. ABARR, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 1-974 / 11-1407
       Upon the Petition of STACY LEA STERRETT, Petitioner-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, And Concerning GEOFFREY SCOTT RICHARDS, Respondent-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
No. 1-975 / 11-1730
       IN THE INTEREST OF B.V. and B.V., Minor Children, E.V., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-976 / 11-1798
       IN THE INTEREST OF N.P. and L.P., Minor children, B.P., Mother, Appellant.
No. 1-977 / 11-1799
       IN THE INTEREST OF M.K., Minor Child, S.K., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-978 / 11-1870
       IN THE INTEREST OF N.C. and C.C., Minor Children, C.C., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-979 / 11-1820
       IN THE INTEREST OF B.W., Minor Child, J.W., Mother, Appellant.
No. 1-980 / 11-1800
       IN THE INTEREST OF W.J., Minor Child, W.J., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-981 / 11-1824
       IN THE INTEREST OF B.S., Minor Child, A.S., Mother, Appellant.
No. 1-982 / 11-1325
       IN THE INTEREST OF A.S., Minor Child, K.G.S., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-989 / 11-0316
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. JEFFREY ALAN FISCHER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-992 / 11-0413
       STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. McKINLEY DUDLEY JR., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 1-996 / 11-0680
       ROBERT WINSLOW and CYNTHIA WINSLOW, Petitioners-Appellants, vs. WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW and IOWA PROPERTY ASSESSMENT APPEAL BOARD, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 1-1002 / 11-0874
       Upon the Petition of JASON ALLEN MANN, Petitioner-Appellant, And Concerning KAYE LYN HANNER, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 1-1008 / 11-1406
       IN THE INTEREST OF T.S., Minor Child, L.D.S., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-1011 / 11-1873
       IN THE INTEREST OF D.J., Minor Child, A.K.J., Mother, Appellant.
No. 1-1012 / 11-1875
       IN THE INTEREST OF D.H., Minor Child, B.H., Father, Appellant.
No. 1-1014 / 11-1593
       IN THE INTEREST OF A.C., P.H., and D.H., Minor Children, K.C.-H., Mother, Appellant.
No. 2-002 / 11-1876
       IN THE INTEREST OF B.M. and K.M., Minor Children, M.M., Mother, Appellant.
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