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WYATT v. IOWA DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. 06-0351.

744 N.W.2d 89 (2008)

Kim WYATT, Appellee v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES and/or Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and John R. Lundquist, Assistant Attorney General, for appellants.

Vernon P. Squires and Nikki J. Johnson of Bradley & Riley, PC, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

APPEL, Justice.

In this case, the central issue is whether a nurse who seeks to muffle the screams of a distressed patient in order to protect the health of another seriously ill patient commits an assault under Iowa's dependent abuse statute and as a result, has earned a place on Iowa's dependent adult abuse registry. This case has caromed through the legal system, suffering a seemingly unending series of reversals and...

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