News
Release
February
12, 2013
Contact: Steve
Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515)725-8058
Iowa Supreme Court
Schedules Special Evening Session
Des Moines, February 12, 2013 —On February 19, the Iowa Supreme
Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Residents of Elsie Mason
Manor, et al. v. First Baptist Housing Foundation, et al., beginning
at 7:00 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom on the fourth floor of the Judicial
Branch Building in Des Moines. The evening session is a special opportunity for
central Iowa residents, who may not be able to attend the court's regular
morning and afternoon sessions, to watch the court conduct oral arguments.
In this case the Iowa Supreme Court is asked to interpret Iowa's
Private Right of Action for Consumer Frauds Act. Plaintiffs are current
and past tenants of Elsie Mason Manor and Ligutti
Tower in downtown Des Moines. Plaintiffs brought suit in Polk County
District Court seeking damages arising from an infestation of bed bugs in the
two residential buildings. Defendants appeal from the district court's
certification of a class action on behalf of plaintiffs and the court's ruling
that each plaintiff need not prove that he or she relied on allegedly deceptive
conduct on the part of defendants.
A
public reception with the supreme court justices, sponsored by the Polk County
Bar Association, will follow the oral arguments.
For more information, visit http://www.iowacourts.gov/Supreme_Court.
Note
to Editors: News
media are invited to attend the oral arguments. Court rules regarding expanded
media coverage apply. Information on expanded media coverage is available on
the Iowa Judicial Branch Website at http://www.iowacourts.gov/News_Service/Expanded_Media_Coverage/.
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