One of Iowa’s largest nursing home chains is facing new lawsuits alleging nonpayment of bills and wrongful death. Gibbins Advisors, a financial consulting firm based in Tennessee, is suing Accura Healthcare, an Oklahoma company that operates 27 senior-care facilities within Iowa, in Polk County District Court. It is one of two pending lawsuits against Accura […]
A group of six Iowa nursing homes owes more than $2.1 million in back rent, two of the homes’ former landlords allege. Summit Healthcare Operating Partnership of California and Fantasia Investment of the Cayman Islands is suing six Iowa nursing homes that operate under the common ownership of Accura Healthcare, an Oklahoma company with offices […]
On behalf of The Satanic Temple, the ACLU of Iowa filed a federal lawsuit Thursday alleging the state has blocked the temple’s rights to free speech, nondiscrimination and religious exercise. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, stems from the state’s repeated refusal to grant permission for the […]
Osceola County has agreed to settle a legal malpractice lawsuit against its attorneys by accepting a payment of $1.22 million. Minutes from the county board’s July 21, 2026, meeting indicate the board held an emergency, closed-door discussion to discuss legal strategy, after which the board unanimously agreed to the $1.22 million settlement amount to be […]
A group of western Iowa businessmen are being sued over an alleged “brazen and coordinated scheme” to take over highly classified work for the federal government by poaching employees and stealing trade secrets from their employer. Oaklea Simpson Security, a Westminster, Maryland, company, is suing several former employees of its Iowa office in Mills County, […]
Six years after it first opened, a care facility in rural Iowa that has allegedly been operating without the required licensure has been temporarily shut down by a court order. District Court Judge Crystal S. Cronk issued a temporary injunction last week barring the owners and affiliates of Centerville’s Old Cabin Retreat from continuing to […]
A potential class-action lawsuit against an Iowa company that makes ignition interlock devices for people with drunken-driving convictions has been paused while the company completes an investigation into a cyberattack that triggered the litigation. In March, attorneys for Derrick Curry of Worth, Illinois, and four other individuals filed separate federal lawsuits against Consumer Safety Technology, […]
An Iowa man who alleges federal bureaucracy has left him stranded in Canada for a year, with no way to return to the United States, is now suing the federal government. Haider Raza, a citizen and national of Pakistan, is suing the U.S. Department of State in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of […]
Another proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed in federal court on behalf of food-delivery drivers in Iowa, this time targeting a large Papa John’s franchise. The lawsuit, which is similar to others filed against Pizza Hut, Casey’s General Stores, Papa John’s and Domino’s in recent years, was filed last week in the U.S. District Court […]
