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TRIPP v. SCOTT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION

No. 21-0841.

977 N.W.2d 459 (2022)

Mandy TRIPP, Appellant, v. SCOTT EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER and Iowa Municipalities Workers' Compensation Association, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 3, 2022.

Amended July 8, 2022.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew W. Bribriesco (argued) and Gabriela Navarro of Bribriesco Law Firm, Bettendorf, for appellant.

Chandler M. Surrency (argued) and Jane V. Lorentzen of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.

McDermott, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which Christensen, C.J., and Appel and Oxley, JJ., joined. Christensen, C.J., filed a concurring opinion. Waterman, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Mansfield and McDonald, JJ., joined.

This case requires us to determine whether Iowa's workers' compensation statute places on emergency responders a different, higher bar to be eligible for benefits for trauma-induced mental injuries suffered on the job than workers in other roles with identical injuries.

Mandy Tripp, a sixteen-year veteran of Scott County...

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