The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a school custodian for an alleged psychological injury caused by workplace stress.
Case: Dubinovic v. Des Moines Public Schools, No. 18-0194, 05/15/2019, published.
Facts: Izudin Dubinovic was employed as a custodian by the Des Moines Public Schools. After a series of meetings with his supervisors, Dubinovic allegedly had a nervous breakdown.
He filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting that his employer's actions and inactions had caused him to develop an adjustment disorder with mixed anxiety and depressed mood.
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