BRANSON v. MUNICIPAL FIRE & POLICE

No. 97-1273.

591 N.W.2d 193 (1999)

Steven G. BRANSON, Appellant, v. MUNICIPAL FIRE & POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF IOWA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. McElwain and Michael L. Smith of Smith & McElwain Law Office, Sioux City, for appellant.

Alice E. Helle and Douglas E. Gross of Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville and Schoenebaum, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, CARTER, NEUMAN and CADY, JJ.


McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

The question here is whether a former firefighter, Steven G. Branson, may receive accidental disability retirement benefits under Iowa Code chapter 411 (1995) for an ongoing, cumulative knee injury which developed during the course of his career as a firefighter, but which cannot be attributed to "the actual performance of duty at some definite time and place." Iowa Code § 411.6(5)(a).

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