Court denies Brokaw subpoenas in civil service appeal
Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission but warned it to adopt formal hearing rules or risk future actions being invalidated. The decision involved police officer Michael Brokaw seeking subpoenas to depose Police Chief Raymond Baker and four others over an August 1982 five day suspension for alleged unnecessary force.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Court of Appeals
Michael Duane Brokaw
Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission
Brokaw
Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Raymond Baker
Gregory P. Brenner
Brenner
Commission
Janis Kazimour
Baker
Kazimour
Iowa
Cedar Rapids man declared competent to stand trial in officer shooting
Ferdinand Karl Vick, 48, was ruled competent to stand trial in the 1979 Cr main case after psychiatric evaluation. He shot Cedar Rapids Police Officer Mark Fischer four times after a traffic stop. Convicted in 1980 of attempted murder and sentenced to up to 10 years, the appeals court ordered a competency hearing before the 1980 trial.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Court of Appeals
Ferdinand Karl Vick
Vick
Mark Fischer
Fischer
Linn
Iowa
Iowa Court upholds sentence for Cedar Rapids felon with gun
The Iowa Court of Appeals affirmed up to two years in prison for Frank C. Gatto, a Cedar Rapids man convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon. The ruling upheld the Linn County judge's reliance on a loaded gun incident, despite a dissent arguing it used dismissed charges.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Court of Appeals
Cedar Rapids
Frank C. Gatto
Gatto
Linn County District Court
Larry Conmey
Richard Schlegel
Leo Oxberger
Oxberger
Back injury case expands Iowa worker compensation scope
Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that workers can receive benefits for occupational diseases even when the injury or disease is aggravated by work. The decision in Cedar Rapids involved Wilson Foods driver Clarence Blevins, whose long service with heavy frozen meat deliveries was claimed to aggravate his back condition. The case returns to the agency to decide if the job aggravated his existing arthritis.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Court of Appeals
Wilson Foods Corp
Cedar Rapids
Clarence A. Blevins
Wilson
Blevins
Linn District Court
Larry Conmey
Conmey
Linn man ordered to pay torn walnut saplings damages
Dennis G. Michel must pay Clara Northrup 41.25 in damages after the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed part of Linn District Court findings. The court ruled he trespassed by mowing 55 walnut saplings on Northrup’s property and trebled the damages because the trees were not in their original condition.
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Des Moines
Linn County
Iowa Court of Appeals
Dennis G. Michel
Clara Northrup
Linn District Court
L. Vern Robinson
Northrup
Robinson
Michel
Iowa Senate race fundraising tops twenty three thousand
In Des Moines two candidates Swartz and Sperholtz report campaign totals over 23 000 with Swartz at 10606 and Sperholtz at 12467 for the district including Marshalltown and Newton. Swartz shows 8162 spent and 2720 cash. Sperholtz 8583 spent and 3884 cash.
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Iowa
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
Tom Swartz
John Sperholtz
Mick Lura
Marshalltown
Newton
Swartz
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa Association of Realtors
Roxanne Conlin
Conlin
National Council On Public Policy
Washington, D.C
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