Fraternity duty in death case debated by Iowa Supreme Court
At issue is whether Lambda Chi Alpha owed a duty to care for pledge Matthew Garofalo after a 1995 initiation left him intoxicated and dead. Attorneys argued the fraternity bore responsibility for supervision, while defense said the case hinges on personal judgment and individual actions.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Gazette
Des Moines
Johnson County
Lambda Chi Alpha
Matthew Garofalo
Garofalo
Iowa Supreme Court
Ed Gallagher
Waterloo
Fraternity
University of Iowa
Kevin Collins
Cedar Rapids
Timothy Reier
Reier
L. Vern Robinson
Robinson
Chad Diehl
Diehl
Brian Garcea
Garofalos
Brian Rinehart
Gallagher
New York
Illinois
Timothy Walker
Linda Newman
Walker
Thomson plea hearing set for March 29 in Iowa child charges
A March 29 hearing in Johnson County District Court will determine Roland Thomson’s plea to state charges of indecent contact with a child and child endangerment. Thomson, 72, of West Des Moines, faced a federal sentence for child pornography and requests concurrent sentencing due to poor health. his wife Shirley Thomson also faces a separate child endangerment charge with trial set for April 24.
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Iowa City
Roland Thomson
Johnson County
Thomson
West Des Moines
Shirley
Lucas
Shirley Thomson
William Kutmus
Des Moines
Tipton
USS. District
Hoover Elementary School
Walgreen s gains backing for Mount Vernon store rezoning
Cedar Rapids planning panel approves rezoning land at Mount Vernon Road and 34th Street SE from O/S and R-3 to C-2 for a Walgreen s drug store. Two members oppose. neighbors fear traffic and scale. Commission also approves major site plan for Stonegate Armor Ventures apartments, while другой rezoning request for 1257 Fifth Ave SE is tabled.
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Pulda
Knoll Street
Walgreen’s
Witnesses to testify on Clark drug dealing and money laundering
Assistant U.S. Attorney Pat Reinert plans to call several witnesses at Scotter Clark's sentencing to argue he dealt in larger amounts of marijuana and cocaine. Key figures include Cedar Rapids attorney Steve Stefani, Clark's late 1990s customer Floyd McNeese, and mob-linked associates Joseph Gross and Robert McNeese.
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U.S
Patrick Reinert
Clark
Cedar Rapids
Steve Stefani
Reinert
Melloy
Cedar Rapidian
Floyd McNeese
McNeese
Joseph Gross
Robert
Scotter Clark
Europe
Florida
Robert McNeese
Lucchese Crime Family
New York City
Gross
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