WAGNER v. STATE

No. 19-1278.

952 N.W.2d 843 (2020)

Krystal WAGNER, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Shane Jensen, Plaintiffs, v. STATE of Iowa and William L. Spece a/k/a Bill L. Spece, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed December 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. O'Brien (argued) of Dave O'Brien Law, Cedar Rapids, and Nathan Borland of Timmer & Judkins, P.L.L.C., West Des Moines, for plaintiffs.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Jeffrey S. Thompson , Solicitor General (argued), Jeffrey C. Peterzalek and Tessa M. Register , Assistant Attorneys General, for defendants.


We have been asked to answer four certified questions of law in a federal case brought by a mother, individually and as the administrator of her son's estate, against the State of Iowa and a Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officer. The officer shot and killed the son during an armed standoff. At the time, the son was nineteen...

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