A Decade After Comp Chief's Discrimination Case Began, Godfrey Still Making Mark on Law

One of the longest-running dramas in Iowa's workers' compensation world began 10 years ago when Terry Branstad was elected governor on a pro-business, socially conservative platform. Branstad, who had previously served four terms as governor, moved swiftly along party lines. Within months, he'd asked the state's well-regarded but Democrat-appointed workers' compensation commission chairman to step down, long before his term was completed, to make room for Branstad's hand-picked successor. Comp Chairman Chris Godfrey refused, setting off a legal battle that resulte...