Nedzad Mehmedovic as the Administrator of the Estate of Hus Hari Buljic and as the Administrator of the Estate of…

Summary

The court held that the estates adequately pleaded gross-negligence claims against Tyson's executive and supervisory employees, so those claims were not subject to dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or insufficient notice. It held that the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act barred all direct tort claims against Tyson entities as employers, while intentional fraud claims against coemployees could proceed, and it affirmed dismissal of unchallenged breach-of-duty claims. The court also declined to affirm on the alternative COVID-19 liability statute because the petition sufficiently pleaded reckless disregard of a substantial and unnecessary exposure risk.