HEDLUND v. STATE

No. 22-0243.

991 N.W.2d 752 (2023)

Larry R. HEDLUND, Appellee, v. STATE of Iowa, K. Brian London, Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Individually; Charles M. Paulson, Director of Criminal Investigation, Individually; Gerard F. Meyers, Assistant Director Division of Criminal Investigation, Individually, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed June 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, and Jeffrey C. Peterzalek (argued) and William R. Pearson , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants.

Thomas J. Duff (argued) and Jim Duff of Duff Law Firm, P.L.C., West Des Moines, and Roxanne Barton Conlin of Roxanne Conlin & Associates, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

McDermott, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


Larry Hedlund filed a lawsuit in 2013 against the State and several state officials (collectively, the "State") asserting a claim for wrongful discharge under Iowa's whistleblower-protection law, Iowa Code section 70A.28 (2013). In 2019, while Hedlund's lawsuit was still pending, the legislature amended section 70A.28 to allow...

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