State Employee's Gross Negligence Claim Against Co-worker Gets Reinstated

The Iowa Court of Appeals reinstated a state employee’s gross negligence claim against a co-worker. John Larson was an inmate at the Newton Correctional Facility, and he worked as an employee for the State of Iowa. Chad Holmes was also a state employee working as a correctional trades leader within the correctional facility. Holmes borrowed a skid loader from a local business when the one owned by the state and used at the facility stopped working. He then instructed Larson to help move a snowplow blade with the skid loader. Holmes used the forks of the skid loader to lift the sn...