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DUNLAVEY v. ECONOMY FIRE AND CAS. CO.

No. 93-1429.

526 N.W.2d 845 (1995)

Francis C. DUNLAVEY, Appellee, v. ECONOMY FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. and Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 18, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. McEnroe and J. Scott Bayne of Dutton, Braun, Staack, Hellman & Iversen, P.L.C., Waterloo, for appellants.

Robert S. Kinsey III of Brown, Kinsey & Funkhouser, Mason City, for appellee.

Sara J. Sersland of Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Voigts, West, Hansell & O'Brien, P.C., Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Ass'n of Business and Industry.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER, and ANDREASEN, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

This case presents the question of whether our workers' compensation statutes, Iowa Code Chapter 85 (1993), permit an employee, Francis C. Dunlavey, to recover from his employer, Economy Fire and Casualty Company, for a nontraumatic mental injury caused by mental stimuli in the work environment.

Because we conclude that the definition of the term "personal injuries" found in Iowa Code section 85.3(1) includes pure mental injuries...

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