Court Orders Dismissal of Worker's Bad Faith Claim

An Iowa appeals court ruled Wednesday that a city had a reasonable basis to dispute a municipal worker’s cumulative knee injury claim, requiring dismissal of his bad faith lawsuit. In Wall v. City of Des Moines, the Iowa Court of Appeals reversed a trial judge’s refusal to grant the city summary judgment and remanded the case for dismissal. Jeffrey Wall, who worked for the city from 1999 until his retirement in 2021, alleged that years of bending, lifting and climbing in and out of trucks caused a cumulative injury to his left knee. He underwent knee replacement surgery...