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EMPLOYERS MUT. CAS. CO. v. VAN HAAFTEN

No. 11-0699.

815 N.W.2d 17 (2012)

EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee, v. Lacinda Ranee VAN HAAFTEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent D. Rosenberg of Rosenberg & Morse, Des Moines, for appellant.

John F. Fatino and S. Luke Craven of Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

WATERMAN, Justice.

This appeal presents a question of first impression in Iowa: whether an Alford plea preceding a deferred judgment on a felony theft charge has preclusive effect in a subsequent civil action against the defendant to recover stolen funds. A secretary at Prairie City-Monroe Community School District (PCM), Lacinda Van Haaften, allegedly embezzled from a student activity fund and faced criminal charges. The district court accepted her Alford...

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