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NAHAS v. POLK COUNTY

No. 22-0239.

991 N.W.2d 770 (2023)

Jim NAHAS, Appellee, v. POLK COUNTY, Iowa, Tom Hockensmith, Individually and in His Official Capacity, Angela Connolly, Individually and in Her Official Capacity, Steve Van Oort, Individually and in His Official Capacity, Robert Brownell, Individually and in His Official Capacity, and John Norris, Individually and in His Official Capacity, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 9, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Graham , County Attorney, and Meghan L. Gavin (argued), Assistant County Attorney, for appellants.

Nicholas Mauro (argued) of Carney & Appleby Law Firm, Des Moines, and Michael Carroll of Coppola, McConville, Carroll, Hockenberg & Flynn, P.C., West Des Moines, for appellee.

Carlton G. Salmons of Macro & Kozlowski, LLP, West Des Moines, for amicus curiae Heartland Insurance Risk Pool.

Christensen, C.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all participating justices joined. Mansfield, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

An aggrieved former Polk County employee brings an array of tort claims against the county and the Polk County Board of Supervisors (the Board) under Iowa Code chapter 670 (2021). Polk County and those employers sought to dismiss the claims, arguing they were insulated from liability under Iowa's recently enacted qualified...

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