Defending Products Liability Cases: State or Federal Court?
September 30, 2011 | News
In some products cases a lawsuit originally filed in state court can be removed to federal court. This is permitted under 28 USC §1332 where the parties are citizens of different states and there is more than $75,000 in controversy. Many products liability cases are removed from state to federal court for strategic reasons. Federal [...]
New Associate William C. Scales, Jr. joins Whitfield
September 23, 2011 | News
We are proud to announce William C. Scales, Jr. as our newest Associate at Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C. William joined the firm in August 2009 as a law clerk, however, prior to that, he served as an intern for Polk County District Associate Judge Odell McGhee and during his time with the firm in 2010, he also served [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on Federal Preemption Defense
September 15, 2011 | News
The defense of preemption provides that a state law claim against a product manufacturer cannot be maintained due to a superseding federal law. In the last few years noteworthy U. S. Supreme Court cases have pieced together a patchwork quilt of law regarding the defense of preemption. Several cases have found in favor of product [...]
In Memory of our Friend and Colleague John C. Eddy
September 8, 2011 | News
John Condit Eddy was born in Cairo, Egypt on March 19, 1925 to William Alfred Eddy and Mary Garvin Eddy. One of four children he spent most of his youth in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Geneva, New York, graduating from Darrow High School in 1942, after which he attended Dartmouth College. In the fall of [...]
Antenucci, Samuelson and Farley to present at the upcoming IDCA Annual Meeting and Seminar
September 8, 2011 | Seminars
At this year’s Iowa Defense Counsel Association 47th Annual Meeting and Seminar, three of our attorneys will be taking a leadership role on the agenda. Members Megan Antenucci and Jaki Samuelson will be featured speakers on the topic of “Venus vs. Mars: From Depositions through Voir Dire, Trial and Appeal – Lessons from Iowa Women [...]
Matthew Giles joins Whitfield as New Associate
September 6, 2011 | News
We are pleased to announce Matthew D. Giles has joined the firm as an associate attorney in our downtown Des Moines office. Prior to joining the firm, Matt served as a law clerk to the Honorable James E. Gritzner, Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. Matt has also [...]
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