Bert and Donna Millers’ desire to conceive children in the 1950s was realized with the assistance of Dr. John Randall, a physician and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa Hospitals, and Donna gave birth to two children via artificial insemination.
What they allegedly did not know was that
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 27 – 31)
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Good afternoon.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 27, 2025.
Continue ReadingIn Royal Bank of Canada v Peace Bridge Duty Free Inc., the Court dismissed an appeal…
“Plain Error” versus “Fundamental Error”
I was reading through CA4’s recent opinion in Le Doux v. Western Express, Inc., ___ F.4th ___ (4th Cir. 2025), when I came across this footnote:
Western Express and Worthy contend that we review the decision for plain error because Le Doux never briefed or argued in the district court whether Virginia law permits…
Roofing company’s 30-day grace period and 1.5% monthly default charge is not subject to Consumer Credit Code
A roofing contractor who granted its customer a 30-day grace period to pay for a roofing job along with 1.5% a month in interest for tardy payment did not grant credit and is not subject to the Iowa Consumer Credit Code, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a unanimous Jan. 24 decision.
“In analyzing…
Vested Rights Revisited
In recent years, numerous state courts across the country have been asked to consider the question whether a plaintiff’s claim can be retroactively revived by the legislature after the claim has been extinguished by a statute of limitations. The Law Court, in Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland, has now addressed that question…
Llewellyn v. Fechtel: Do you think 8,984 RFAs are enough?

Sometimes I worry that AI is going to replace lawyers. And then the universe hands me an opinion like Llewellyn v. Fechtel, showing that nothing that able to pass the Turing test could ever do our jobs.
Llewellyn is a trusts-and-estates case; basically, Fechtel claimed the Llewellyn breached her fiduciary duties as trustee. The…
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 20- JANUARY 24)
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Good afternoon.
Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 20, 2025.
Continue ReadingIn Jackson v Rosenberg, the Court gave supplementary reasons to its earlier decision and varied the…
SB999

Senator Surovell has introduced SB999, which would change the CAV’s standards for granting oral argument to track federal practice. Specifically, it would make these changes to Code Section 17.1-403:
The Supreme Court shall prescribe and publish the initial rules governing practice, procedure, and internal processes for the Court of Appeals designed to achieve the just,…
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (JANUARY 13 – JANUARY 17, 2025)
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Good morning, following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 13, 2025.
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Blaney’s very own David Greenwood and Christopher McClelland, who were successful on our client’s appeal…
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in five cases Jan. 21
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in five cases Jan. 21, and two cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of those cases.
Waterloo Community School District v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.
Scheduled for oral argument Jan. 21, 9 a.m.
Question: Is an…