On April 1, 2022, the Iowa Supreme Court issued opinions in Deng v. Farmland Food, Inc. and Chavez v. MS Tech., LLC; shedding some light on a longstanding dispute among Iowa Workers’ Compensation practitioners on what constitutes a “shoulder” under Iowa law. Practitioners dispute, for example, whether the clavicle is part of the shoulder, is a rotator cuff tear a shoulder injury, is a SLAP tear a shoulder injury and is the biceps tendon part...

Charles F. Gotch has been awarded the Foundation Award by the Nebraska State Bar Association. The Foundation Award is the most prestigious award given by the Nebraska State Bar Foundation. This award honors exemplary service to the Foundation and is presented to lawyers who have made, and who continue to make, a strong commitment to the goals of the Foundation. The mission of the Nebraska State Bar Foundation is to serve the citizens and legal...

Brien M. Welch of Cassem, Tierney, Adams, Gotch & Douglas became a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) in 2022. The International Academy of Trial Lawyers limits membership to 500 Fellows from the United States in addition to Fellows from nearly 40 countries across the globe. IATL seeks out, identifies, acknowledges, and honors those who have achieved a career of excellence through demonstrated skill and ability in jury trials, trials before the...