Eighth Circuit: Intent Requirements in Iowa's New 'Ag-Gag' Law Are Not Unconstitutional Restrictions on Speech
In Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld Iowa Code Section 717A.3B(1)(a)-(b) (2019), prohibiting using deception to access an agricultural production facility with intent to cause harm to the facility, and using deception in an employment application, on a matter that would reasonably result in denial of employment at an agricultural facility, with the intent to cause harm to the facility.
Appellants 'Intermixed Concepts' of Contributory Negligence, Failure to Mitigate Don't Succeed in $1.18M Med-Mal Appeal Attempt
"Defendants acknowledged at oral argument that the record does not tell us whether the alleged hand-soaking occurred before or after the sutures were removed. But if Butts-Franklin had soaked her hand after the sutures were removed, it 'c[ould not] be the basis for a mitigation of damages instruction' because she 'did not act contrary to the advice given,'" Justice Stuart A. Raphael wrote on behalf of the unanimous appellate panel.