Iowa Court of Appeals · No. 24-0619

Katherine Abigail Hill v. City of Carroll, Iowa, Carroll Police Department, Jeffrey Nichols, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Officer for the Carroll County Police Department and John Doe

Decided November 4, 2026 · appeal from Carroll County · Government

What the court decided

AI summary A person appealed a lower court's decision regarding claims of assault, invasion of privacy, trespass, and an action on a bond. The court decided that the assault and invasion of privacy claims should proceed to trial, while the other two claims were dismissed. The case was sent back to the lower court for further legal proceedings.¹

Result: AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED

The court’s own summary

Katherine Hill appeals the district court’s order granting summary judgment on her claims of assault, invasion of privacy, trespass on the case, and action on the bond.

Holding: Upon our review, we reverse the district court’s order granting summary judgment on the assault and invasion-of-privacy claims, affirm the grant of summary judgment on the action-on-the-bond and trespass-on-the-case claims, and remand for further proceedings.

Read the opinion (PDF) · Case page on iowacourts.gov

Judges

Written by Judge Julie Schumacher
Heard at oral argument by Tabor, C.J., and Greer, Schumacher, Chicchelly, and Langholz, JJ.
Trial judge: Adria Kester, Carroll County

Iowa Code it cites

§64.18 §669.14 §670.2 §670.4

Each links to the bills that change that chapter.