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Issue date: 1/23/07 Section: Metro
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Local man sues Vito's
An Iowa City man is suing a popular downtown bar and restaurant that allegedly served a Coralville man too much alcohol, who later attacked the plaintiff.
Victor Hubler is seeking damages from Paymon Mohammadi and from Vito's, 118 E. College St., claiming that an employee sold Mohammadi liquor up to or beyond the point to which he became drunk.
Mohammadi was charged with willful injury for assaulting Hubler on Oct. 29, 2005; he pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of assault with intent to inflict serious injury.
Under Iowa's dram-shop law, liquor licensees who knowingly sell alcohol to an intoxicated person are liable for all damages caused by that person.
Hubler is seeking both actual and punitive damages for himself and for his two minor children, which the lawsuit claims lost services, support, and companionship of their father.
Vito's was ordered in October to pay the family of former UI student Michael Kearney $448,013.83 in a similar incident. Kearney's father, Paul Kearney, sued the bar, contending that it served an underage Daniel Corbett too much alcohol.
After drinking, Corbett assaulted Michael Kearney and inflicted injuries that later killed him.
- by Kelsey Beltramea
Man charged with attacking woman
Police have charged an Iowa City man with attacking a woman outside the Cantebury Inn in Coralville on Sunday.
Officers allege that Darvell Miller, 26, attacked the woman, pushing her against the side of a car at 12:10 p.m.
Miller also threatened to "kill" her and her family as well as the driver of the vehicle, whom the woman was with, according to policecomplaints.
Police said the woman suffered lacerations in the attack.
Miller, now faces aggravated misdemeanor charges of first-degree harassment, a charge of driving with a suspended/canceled license, and a charge of domestic-abuse assault with intent or displaying a weapon.
On Monday, Miller was being held in Johnson County Jail on $15,000 cash-only bond.
Harassment is described as one who "did, with intent to intimidate, annoy, or alarm another person, involving a threat to commit a forcible felony, harass the victim."
- by Emileigh Barnes
Choice Dinner tickets available
Tickets are still available for the Emma Goldman Clinic's annual Roe v. Wade celebration, which will be held Saturday in the IMU Main Ballroom.
The Choice Dinner 2007 event, from 6-9 p.m., will feature keynote speaker Amy Johnson Boyle, a former KGAN reporter and Vagina Monologues performer, discussing "Women in the Media."
Tickets are $50 each, $25 for students or those on lower incomes.
Karen Kubby, the executive director of the Emma Goldman Clinic, said those interested in getting tickets should register online or call immediately.
Proceeds raised at the annual event go toward the clinic's DeProsse Access Fund, which helps subsidize abortion-service fees for lower-income women.
"One of the points we like to make as we celebrate the re-legalization of abortion in the U.S. is that the decision doesn't create abortion access to everyone," Kubby said. "Health care is still very limiting, which is a big problem in the country."
Last year, the DeProsse Access Fund helped 150 women get abortion care, with subsidies ranging from $100 to $375, Kubby said.
- by Kelsey Beltramea
Bailey to seek re-election to council
Iowa City City Councilor Regenia Bailey announced Monday that she would seek re-election to the City Council in November.
"I want to continue the work that we have been doing so far," she said.
She is most proud of the progress that the council has made in economic development initiatives, she said, particularly the Hieronymus Square Project, a high-rise business and residential complex to be located at the intersection of Burlington and Clinton Streets.
Bailey was first elected to the seven-member council in 2003 after running for the vacant District C slot against Dean Shannon. She won 59 percent of the total vote.
She said she also wanted to continue to emphasize a promise she made when she was elected four years ago, when she said she would make efforts to maintain a good communication with the public.
"I'm still going to hold office hours and do other things of that nature," she said. "The goal is to demystify the process."
The UI graduate has also stayed active in women's issues across the state as the executive director of the Iowa Women's Foundation.
- by Stephen Schmidt
An Iowa City man is suing a popular downtown bar and restaurant that allegedly served a Coralville man too much alcohol, who later attacked the plaintiff.
Victor Hubler is seeking damages from Paymon Mohammadi and from Vito's, 118 E. College St., claiming that an employee sold Mohammadi liquor up to or beyond the point to which he became drunk.
Mohammadi was charged with willful injury for assaulting Hubler on Oct. 29, 2005; he pleaded guilty to the lesser offense of assault with intent to inflict serious injury.
Under Iowa's dram-shop law, liquor licensees who knowingly sell alcohol to an intoxicated person are liable for all damages caused by that person.
Hubler is seeking both actual and punitive damages for himself and for his two minor children, which the lawsuit claims lost services, support, and companionship of their father.
Vito's was ordered in October to pay the family of former UI student Michael Kearney $448,013.83 in a similar incident. Kearney's father, Paul Kearney, sued the bar, contending that it served an underage Daniel Corbett too much alcohol.
After drinking, Corbett assaulted Michael Kearney and inflicted injuries that later killed him.
- by Kelsey Beltramea
Man charged with attacking woman
Police have charged an Iowa City man with attacking a woman outside the Cantebury Inn in Coralville on Sunday.
Officers allege that Darvell Miller, 26, attacked the woman, pushing her against the side of a car at 12:10 p.m.
Miller also threatened to "kill" her and her family as well as the driver of the vehicle, whom the woman was with, according to policecomplaints.
Police said the woman suffered lacerations in the attack.
Miller, now faces aggravated misdemeanor charges of first-degree harassment, a charge of driving with a suspended/canceled license, and a charge of domestic-abuse assault with intent or displaying a weapon.
On Monday, Miller was being held in Johnson County Jail on $15,000 cash-only bond.
Harassment is described as one who "did, with intent to intimidate, annoy, or alarm another person, involving a threat to commit a forcible felony, harass the victim."
- by Emileigh Barnes
Choice Dinner tickets available
Tickets are still available for the Emma Goldman Clinic's annual Roe v. Wade celebration, which will be held Saturday in the IMU Main Ballroom.
The Choice Dinner 2007 event, from 6-9 p.m., will feature keynote speaker Amy Johnson Boyle, a former KGAN reporter and Vagina Monologues performer, discussing "Women in the Media."
Tickets are $50 each, $25 for students or those on lower incomes.
Karen Kubby, the executive director of the Emma Goldman Clinic, said those interested in getting tickets should register online or call immediately.
Proceeds raised at the annual event go toward the clinic's DeProsse Access Fund, which helps subsidize abortion-service fees for lower-income women.
"One of the points we like to make as we celebrate the re-legalization of abortion in the U.S. is that the decision doesn't create abortion access to everyone," Kubby said. "Health care is still very limiting, which is a big problem in the country."
Last year, the DeProsse Access Fund helped 150 women get abortion care, with subsidies ranging from $100 to $375, Kubby said.
- by Kelsey Beltramea
Bailey to seek re-election to council
Iowa City City Councilor Regenia Bailey announced Monday that she would seek re-election to the City Council in November.
"I want to continue the work that we have been doing so far," she said.
She is most proud of the progress that the council has made in economic development initiatives, she said, particularly the Hieronymus Square Project, a high-rise business and residential complex to be located at the intersection of Burlington and Clinton Streets.
Bailey was first elected to the seven-member council in 2003 after running for the vacant District C slot against Dean Shannon. She won 59 percent of the total vote.
She said she also wanted to continue to emphasize a promise she made when she was elected four years ago, when she said she would make efforts to maintain a good communication with the public.
"I'm still going to hold office hours and do other things of that nature," she said. "The goal is to demystify the process."
The UI graduate has also stayed active in women's issues across the state as the executive director of the Iowa Women's Foundation.
- by Stephen Schmidt
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