VENCKUS v. CITY OF IOWA CITY

No. 18-1280.

930 N.W.2d 792 (2019)

Joshua VENCKUS, Appellee, v. CITY OF IOWA CITY; Andrew Rich; Johnson County, Iowa; Anne Lahey; Naeda Elliott; and Dana Christiansen, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Livingston and Kristopher K. Madsen of Stuart Tinley Law Firm, LLP, Council Bluffs, and Susan D. Nehring , Assistant County Attorney, Iowa City, for appellants Johnson County, Anne Lahey, Naeda Elliott, and Dana Christiansen.

Eric R. Goers and Susan Dulek , Assistant City Attorneys, for appellants City of Iowa City and Andrew Rich.

Martin A. Diaz , Swisher, and M. Victoria Cole , Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Alan R. Ostergren , Muscatine, for amici curiae Iowa County Attorneys Association and Iowa State Association of Counties.

Joel E. Fenton of Law Offices of Joel E. Fenton, PLC, Des Moines, for amicus curiae Iowa Association for Justice.


Joshua Venckus was charged with sexual abuse in the second degree and acquitted. Following acquittal, Venckus filed this civil action against the police investigator, the prosecutors, and the municipalities that investigated and prosecuted the criminal case. Venckus asserted common law claims and state constitutional claims against...

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