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In May of 2017, John Gray worked as local counsel with the Perkins Coie out of Chicago, Illinois, in defense of Liguria Foods, Inc. v. Griffith Laboratories, Inc. John and Perkins Coie represented Griffith. The plaintiff claimed the spices were defective causing $19 million of lost product and future profit....

Tom Lawrence May 16, 2017 ​​​​​SHELDON—They picked up unwanted items off curbs, cleared debris from city parks and planted flowers around town. Sheldon is looking its best as summer approaches, and that’s thanks to dozens of people who joined with the city to give the community a proper spring cleaning...

Jeff Wright served as co-counsel with the law firm of Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn and Dial out of Atlanta, Georgia in April that resulted in a defense verdict. The plaintiff claimed our client defectively designed a gas can and failed to provide adequate warnings regarding its safety. A jury in...

On July 27, 2016, a vehicle was driving north on I-29 from Omaha traveling to Sioux City. The vehicle was pulled over for what the officer later said was tinted windows. The Defendant was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. The Defendant retained James Redmond of the Heidman...

Heidman Law Firm located in Sioux City, Iowa is pleased to announce Allyson C. Dirksen has been named a Partner of the Firm as of January 1, 2017. Allyson’s diverse practice covers the areas of agricultural law, employment law, healthcare law, municipal law, real estate, estate planning and probate, and...

Pat Sealey defended Dr. Greg McCarthy and his wife, Kathy McCarthy, and their teenage daughter in a personal injury action brought by Linda Murray for an automobile accident. Murray claimed the accident caused her CRPS, sciatica and foot drop. Murray requested the jury to return a verdict of $2,000,000. The...

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Heidman Law Firm of Sioux City, Iowa and Wolff Whorley & De Hoogh of Sheldon, Iowa are pleased to announce a merger of their firms, which took effect on March 1, 2017. The Sheldon office will be known as Whorley Heidman Law Firm. Commenting on the merger, Dan Dykstra said,...

The IRS has announced that the federal exemption for Federal Estate Tax for 2017 increases by $40,000, to $5,490,000, a huge number. The gift tax exclusion (gifts you can make per person without reporting) remains at $14,000 per person per year. The president-elect has a tax plan that eliminates the...

Attorney, Daniel Dykstra, spoke to the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) at St. James Church on November 22, 2016. Dan spoke about estate planning from a 2016 perspective and specifically, focusing on how young families should approach estate planning. Mr. Dykstra is an accredited estate planner by the National Association of...