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HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS v. FLEMING

No. 98-427.

603 N.W.2d 759 (1999)

HUMBOLDT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS and EMC Insurance Companies, Appellants, v. Elizabeth Suzanne FLEMING, Surviving Spouse of David Charles Fleming, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Brian Scieszinski and Michael L. Mock of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Michael J. Galligan of Galligan, Tully, Doyle & Reid, P.C., Des Moines, and Steven K. Sandblom of Baker, Johnson & Sandblom, Humboldt, for appellee.

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

LARSON, Justice.

David Fleming committed suicide while he was employed as superintendent of the Humboldt Community Schools. His widow received workers' compensation benefits on the basis his death was caused by job stress, and the award was affirmed on judicial review. The employer and its workers' compensation insurance carrier, EMC Insurance Companies (collectively Humboldt Schools), appealed. We affirm.

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