CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

No. 96-1356.

572 N.W.2d 919 (1998)

CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, Appellee, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF the MUNICIPAL FIRE & POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF IOWA, Appellant, Christian E. Cornish, Intervenor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice E. Helle and James H. Gilliam of Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville, Schoenebaum and Walker, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Connie Alt and Theresa C. Davis of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.C., Cedar Rapids, for intervenor-appellant.

James H. Flitz, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


LAVORATO, Justice.

The issue is whether there was substantial evidence to establish legal causation for a mental/mental injury (a mental injury without an accompanying physical injury) in an accident disability claim under Iowa Code section 411.6(5) (1995). The board of trustees concluded there was and awarded the claimant accidental disability benefits. The district court disagreed and sustained a writ of certiorari sought by the city of Cedar Rapids to challenge...

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