A divided Iowa Supreme Court overturned its precedent on mental injury claims, declining to continue enforcing a higher bar on emergency responders to be eligible for benefits for trauma-induced mental injuries suffered on the job than for workers in other roles with identical injuries.
Mandy Tripp worked as an emergency dispatcher for over 16 years. On a daily basis, she answered anywhere from 50 to 200 calls, including 911 emergency, non-emergency and administrative calls.
On Sept. 30, 2018, Tripp answered a 911 call from a woman screaming at a high pitch, “Help me, my baby is dead!&...
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